It's almost always done at deep levels that simply cannot pollute water tables absent some serious messed up concrete jobs on wells.
So fracking is safe ONLY when "done at deep levels" AND "absent some serious messed up concrete jobs on wells." So what goverment agency makes sure that the above requirements are observed? Looks like none: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEtgvwllNpg
Why would they? It is exempt from clean water act anyways.
"Readily available gas reserves" DID NOT "permeate into water sources" for hundreds of years, but started doing so the year fracking started in the area? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRZ4LQSonXA
Have any other "theories"? How about "Aliens landed in the area to learn the art of fracking and seeped some rocked fuel?"
I assume that the squabble in top management begins when the founder leaves the company. This was the case at Bloomberg, where I worked. Shareholders are simply not in the position to keep top management in line. For some reason, Microsoft is an exception, since Bill was still a CEO at the time.
Microsoft fosters a very competitive internal culture. Competition is not always good, as high level execs refuse to cooperate with each other, disregarding any potential benefits for the company. Here is one reference:
Dick's claim [is] that Tablet PC was doomed because the Office team refused to make a version of Office designed around stylus input
When we were building the tablet PC in 2001, the vice president in charge of Office at the time decided he didn’t like the concept. The tablet required a stylus, and he much preferred keyboards to pens and thought our efforts doomed. To guarantee they were, he refused to modify the popular Office applications to work properly with the tablet. So if you wanted to enter a number into a spreadsheet or correct a word in an e-mail message, you had to write it in a special pop-up box, which then transferred the information to Office. Annoying, clumsy and slow.
- Sadly Yahoo search no longer exists. It is a redirect to Bing. Check it.
- Google complied with the Patriot Act. Expect them to comply with all future legislation. We, the people, should control our government; do not expect to hide behind any corporation's behind.
I run into this problem when trying to use GPS on a Linux netbook. The author of OSS got cease and desist from Google for using their maps. The Open Street Map is available, but it is largely neglected in US, most likely because Google Map is available and is "free". At the same time OSM is updated and loved in Europe, they say.
So please make sure that your neighborhood is charted correctly, so we are prepared for when Google eventually turns evil:)
Does anybody else see hiding this from the wife a problem? Give it to some porn websites and let them work out the details, and they'll have a commercially viable product in 6 months.
Except this technology exists since 1998. Pron industry had 13 years to take it for free, but now that MS claimed it to be their latest "innovation" you have to pay them rent for it every time you buy a non-Windows computer. (MS does not specify what patents it collects rent on, so this one might be among them).
But information is NOT a physical object, and does NOT adhere to the same laws. E.g. copying is lossless and free.
This concept will become even less comprehensible when 3D printers become more advanced and ubiquitous. Copying of printable physical objects will be lossless and free. I suppose for reproduction you will need the "source" blueprints. I cannot wait to see auto manufacturers join MAFIAA:)
If you want money for you work Demand it on the very first exchange!
That's how music and movie industries worked until recently, and also the reason why I haven't bought any. Even the 20-second "previews", when available, seldom reflect quality of the product. This also does not cover the "buy once, share with everyone" scenario.
There should be better compensation models. A perfect one would remove the middle man, aka film and music industries, and make IP available to everyone somehow, regardless of their willingness/ability to pay. The car analogy: 1. You invent (and print) a car. 2. I cannot afford to buy your car. 3. It costs you nothing to let me make a copy. 4. Profit???
I am sorry you took offense, but the joke was not aimed at Germans at all. The target was Windows and Netflix, although I don't name them directly. In fact, the title was ripped off from an article about Netflix:)
I am not a security expert, but highly doubt this Trojan could be created for Linux. Which distribution would it target? How would it gain access to root to install the Trojan? I am sure there are loopholes, and suppose they exploited one; the very moment someone finds it, that loophole is getting patched. What does MS do? They send law enforcement to arrest yet another "malware crime ring". See the problem here?
On a sidenote, for at least 30 years or so german students in school classes after elementary school do attend 4-6 years of english language courses, usually a couple of hours per week.
East or West Germany? Something tells me that East Germany had a different education system. Again, the joke is not about them. I myself have an accent when speaking Americano.
Wait, you are putting pedophiles in the same category as pagans, Jews, witches, anarchists, gays and communists. Terrorists, Christians and Muslims though...
Do you imply that there is a difference? Are you aware that Jews eat children? How is that different from pedophiles?
In an interview the Sekret German Surveillance rep said: "Ve dont haf planz to releze a Linukz verson of SpyMaster 2000".
He cited multiple problems, including lack of support for MS Trojan API's on non-Windows platforms. While there is [not] an emulator, called Bier, it it not powerful enough to support full Trojan functionality suit.
Many Germans complained that this is the last reason that keeps them from switching to Linux. One of the interviewers complained: "They are using our Steuergeldern, there should be Chancengleichheit for all Trojans, not just Microsoft!"
File access permissions is a frequent stumbling block, but at the same time this is one of the main things I like about UNIX, especially in the age of World Network and constant siege by malware that comes with it. This way my stuff is guaranteed to be secure from users B, C and E, and the system (root) is safe from suspicious crap I download and execute on my account.
Usually things I download from web have correct permissions granted to me automatically (except execute).
"chmod +rwx filename" means grant read/write/execute permissions for this file. You will need to prefix sudo if the file is not owned by you. You can also right-click on file in Nautilus (Linux Explorer:) and set permissions through a menu.
I was lucky to learn this stuff at college, approximately at the same time as i started to dislike the other, inferior (D)OS.
There is a learning curve. You have been using Windows for so long, it produces a false impression of near-0 learning curve, but that's not true.
I switched my entire family to Ubuntu, including my 83 year old grandpa. Success outside of family has been very minimal, because as soon as the user cannot find his wireless icon in the spot he is used to (and I don't feel like visiting his house to show it), he immediately wants to go back to windows and stay there forever. As a disclaimer I can point out that he is a lawyer, results may vary depending on the technical savvy of the client.
Having some UNIX background helps. I periodically had to troubleshoot stuff, but for the last year did not need to touch a thing. It just works. Run dual boot for a year or two until you become comfortable and can switch completely. Meanwhile you can try to get rid of hardware with poor linux drivers, and make sure that all your new purchases are supported: things like printers, laptops, network cards.
When Amazon recalled Orwell's '1984' on all Kindles they proved that the electronic copies sold for Kindle for $15 do not belong to the customers. It is more like a license to read. It is a non-transferable electronic copy that expires when your kindle device dies or when Amazon folds.
Can anyone please shed the light as to why do people buy these volatile copies at full price of a hardcover book?
I would like to own books in digital format for the obvious storage advantage, but leasing DRM'd books for $15 sounds like a rip-off.
You mean one step below, of course. At least at Walmart they have a clear purpose and guidelines. The funny part is the staggering intellectual distance between them and a theater professor.
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Why would they buy insurance? "There is no evidence" that fracking caused any of that.
fracking ... it's been done ... for decades.
You mean "for decades starting 2005 when Bush-Cheney Energy Policy Act famously exempted hydraulic fracturing from the Safe Drinking Water Act.. I cannot find any publicly available fracking statistics, probably because it is a "private trade secret", but if you can find something to substantiate your claim, please do.
It's almost always done at deep levels that simply cannot pollute water tables absent some serious messed up concrete jobs on wells.
So fracking is safe ONLY when "done at deep levels" AND "absent some serious messed up concrete jobs on wells." So what goverment agency makes sure that the above requirements are observed?
Looks like none:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEtgvwllNpg
Why would they? It is exempt from clean water act anyways.
"Readily available gas reserves" DID NOT "permeate into water sources" for hundreds of years, but started doing so the year fracking started in the area?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRZ4LQSonXA
Have any other "theories"? How about "Aliens landed in the area to learn the art of fracking and seeped some rocked fuel?"
Gas reserves are far below water tables in complete different strata...five thousand to 20,000 feet, far , far deeper than any aquifer.
Please explain this, then http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEtgvwllNpg
I assume that the squabble in top management begins when the founder leaves the company. This was the case at Bloomberg, where I worked. Shareholders are simply not in the position to keep top management in line. For some reason, Microsoft is an exception, since Bill was still a CEO at the time.
Dick's claim [is] that Tablet PC was doomed because the Office team refused to make a version of Office designed around stylus input
And this is the original article from NYT: Microsoft’s Creative Destruction :
When we were building the tablet PC in 2001, the vice president in charge of Office at the time decided he didn’t like the concept. The tablet required a stylus, and he much preferred keyboards to pens and thought our efforts doomed. To guarantee they were, he refused to modify the popular Office applications to work properly with the tablet. So if you wanted to enter a number into a spreadsheet or correct a word in an e-mail message, you had to write it in a special pop-up box, which then transferred the information to Office. Annoying, clumsy and slow.
Have Bing and Yahoo cooperate in this - all out for a day in the US
This is the year of Open Street Map on... every device!!
:)
I run into this problem when trying to use GPS on a Linux netbook. The author of OSS got cease and desist from Google for using their maps. The Open Street Map is available, but it is largely neglected in US, most likely because Google Map is available and is "free". At the same time OSM is updated and loved in Europe, they say.
So please make sure that your neighborhood is charted correctly, so we are prepared for when Google eventually turns evil
Dogbert invented it first, followed by this press conference announcement.
I guess it's bye-bye Skype the moment they publish those.
How do you kill it?
Moleculatronic Computer - 125% beam attack!
Does anybody else see hiding this from the wife a problem? Give it to some porn websites and let them work out the details, and they'll have a commercially viable product in 6 months.
Except this technology exists since 1998. Pron industry had 13 years to take it for free, but now that MS claimed it to be their latest "innovation" you have to pay them rent for it every time you buy a non-Windows computer. (MS does not specify what patents it collects rent on, so this one might be among them).
Interesting approach. How do you test wifi?
It looks like all agriculture produce is pumped full of insecticides (an other poisons) at US:
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jul/30/opinion/oe-meyerhoff30
Industrial poisons not regulated and frankly I am more scared about ourselves than bees.
But information is NOT a physical object, and does NOT adhere to the same laws. E.g. copying is lossless and free.
This concept will become even less comprehensible when 3D printers become more advanced and ubiquitous. Copying of printable physical objects will be lossless and free. I suppose for reproduction you will need the "source" blueprints. I cannot wait to see auto manufacturers join MAFIAA :)
If you want money for you work Demand it on the very first exchange!
That's how music and movie industries worked until recently, and also the reason why I haven't bought any. Even the 20-second "previews", when available, seldom reflect quality of the product. This also does not cover the "buy once, share with everyone" scenario.
There should be better compensation models. A perfect one would remove the middle man, aka film and music industries, and make IP available to everyone somehow, regardless of their willingness/ability to pay. The car analogy: 1. You invent (and print) a car. 2. I cannot afford to buy your car. 3. It costs you nothing to let me make a copy. 4. Profit???
I am not a security expert, but highly doubt this Trojan could be created for Linux. Which distribution would it target? How would it gain access to root to install the Trojan? I am sure there are loopholes, and suppose they exploited one; the very moment someone finds it, that loophole is getting patched. What does MS do? They send law enforcement to arrest yet another "malware crime ring". See the problem here?
On a sidenote, for at least 30 years or so german students in school classes after elementary school do attend 4-6 years of english language courses, usually a couple of hours per week.
East or West Germany? Something tells me that East Germany had a different education system. Again, the joke is not about them. I myself have an accent when speaking Americano.
...but the skyroketing national debt used to finance the war is still with us.
Wait, you are putting pedophiles in the same category as pagans, Jews, witches, anarchists, gays and communists. Terrorists, Christians and Muslims though...
Do you imply that there is a difference? Are you aware that Jews eat children? How is that different from pedophiles?
In an interview the Sekret German Surveillance rep said: "Ve dont haf planz to releze a Linukz verson of SpyMaster 2000".
He cited multiple problems, including lack of support for MS Trojan API's on non-Windows platforms. While there is [not] an emulator, called Bier, it it not powerful enough to support full Trojan functionality suit.
Many Germans complained that this is the last reason that keeps them from switching to Linux. One of the interviewers complained: "They are using our Steuergeldern, there should be Chancengleichheit for all Trojans, not just Microsoft!"
File access permissions is a frequent stumbling block, but at the same time this is one of the main things I like about UNIX, especially in the age of World Network and constant siege by malware that comes with it. This way my stuff is guaranteed to be secure from users B, C and E, and the system (root) is safe from suspicious crap I download and execute on my account. :) and set permissions through a menu.
Usually things I download from web have correct permissions granted to me automatically (except execute).
"chmod +rwx filename" means grant read/write/execute permissions for this file. You will need to prefix sudo if the file is not owned by you. You can also right-click on file in Nautilus (Linux Explorer
I was lucky to learn this stuff at college, approximately at the same time as i started to dislike the other, inferior (D)OS.
There is a learning curve. You have been using Windows for so long, it produces a false impression of near-0 learning curve, but that's not true.
I switched my entire family to Ubuntu, including my 83 year old grandpa. Success outside of family has been very minimal, because as soon as the user cannot find his wireless icon in the spot he is used to (and I don't feel like visiting his house to show it), he immediately wants to go back to windows and stay there forever. As a disclaimer I can point out that he is a lawyer, results may vary depending on the technical savvy of the client.
Having some UNIX background helps. I periodically had to troubleshoot stuff, but for the last year did not need to touch a thing. It just works. Run dual boot for a year or two until you become comfortable and can switch completely. Meanwhile you can try to get rid of hardware with poor linux drivers, and make sure that all your new purchases are supported: things like printers, laptops, network cards.
When Amazon recalled Orwell's '1984' on all Kindles they proved that the electronic copies sold for Kindle for $15 do not belong to the customers. It is more like a license to read. It is a non-transferable electronic copy that expires when your kindle device dies or when Amazon folds.
Can anyone please shed the light as to why do people buy these volatile copies at full price of a hardcover book?
I would like to own books in digital format for the obvious storage advantage, but leasing DRM'd books for $15 sounds like a rip-off.
And this is how Microsoft will finally get that Linux patent portfolio they were talking about all these years
You mean one step below, of course. At least at Walmart they have a clear purpose and guidelines. The funny part is the staggering intellectual distance between them and a theater professor.