I would hypothesize that it takes about 12-16 years for race to become a problem. The first generation immigrants are most likely still regarded as "outsiders". Racism will be limited to talking behind their backs and hoping they go away while not letting them into your clubs. The 1.5 and second generation immigrants, however, grow up in the same schools as your kids and threaten to date your girls and want to be let into your colleges. They have proven they will not just "go away" and thus are a threat to your "good, wholesome" children. I wonder if anyone's done a study on this.
So yeah, I can see how it'd take a few years for anti-immigrant racism to bubble up.
(Note: I do no/agree/ with any of the racist thinking I've hypothesized here -- I just think that racist assholes could think like that.)
1. NPR receives very little funding from the government. A high estimate would be about 16% for any individual station. By contrast, Catholic Charities USA claims 67% of its funding is through the government. 2. Juan Williams didn't just say something "NPR did not like," he said something incredibly and unapologetically racist. If he had instead said "the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are helping the world and the US in particular because it's stabilizing oil production for US consumption and the count of US soldiers injured and killed is a totally acceptable cost" he probably wouldn't have been fired despite the fact that NPR doesn't usually have people say stuff like that on the air. 3. Juan Williams wasn't just some one-time-guest on Fox, he was consistently an analyst for Fox for three years prior to joining NPR.
Now, if you were to say his conservative views and appearances on Fox News were a factor in his firing, that may hold some merit, but the implication that NPR disagreeing with him was a raw cause is rather inflammatory and not quite accurate.
From the Kickstarter FAQ: "A new form of commerce and patronage. This is not about investment or lending. Project creators keep 100% ownership and control over their work. Instead, they offer products and experiences that are unique to each project."
I stand corrected in that Monsanto's corn is herbicide, not pesticide resistant. I really wish/. had editing so I could add this to my "insightful" post. It looks like blame falls squarely on over-use of pesticides then.
I had a boss that gave us double comp time for working weekends when requested to. And brought in a masseuse. No decent bonuses, but extra time off is nice.
Pretty soon once bee keepers start sourcing non-pesticide-laced feed for their bees.
If I were a milk producer and fed my cows a concoction that caused 90% of them to drop dead at the same time every two years I'd sure as hell look for a new feed source -- it could be fairly expensive even and the fact that I don't want to risk fundamental failure in my ability to survive would mean it's still a good deal for me.
From the summary it sounds like the pesticide is piggybacking on the HFCS produced. The first article is more clear in this, that the problem is the pesticide, not the corn syrup itself.
Monsanto's corn, however, is designed to be pesticide resistant, so farmers can use more pesticide on their corn. It's possible that at low enough dosages colony collapse disorder doesn't occur, but Monsanto's corn allows a much higher dose to be tolerated by the corn.
All in all, this is a pretty reasonable conclusion I think.
And recombining hydrogen in oxygen could obviously never result in electricity production. The question is whether it exceeds efficiency of other solar-to-electricity production.
On a less snarky note: Storing it for vehicular usage is a problem only because we haven't invested in storage techniques, only because we don't have a cheap production technique. That said, Mazda made and sold a few hydrogen fueled RX-8s way back when in Japan where there does exist a primitive hydrogen fueling solution. Future development should work out well there.
The initial 10k batch was made on behalf of the Foundation at some factory in China. That batch of 10k are being resold by Farnell and RS. Further production of the Pi will be handled by RS and Farnell.
So "we're making a batch, they're at the factory being made, bear with us" and "here these companies will now make them!" are both true.
If each of the 10k initial batch were sold at $70 and they oversubscribed by 10:1 during pre-orders that's a take of $7M over a two year long con. Yeah, not approaching Enron or Bernie Madoff levels.
Madoff was a $18 billion (with a B) scam, Enron was an $11 billion scandal.
So try being a little less sensationalist since unless part of the contract with RS and Farnell includes cash up front the Raspberry Pi Foundation hasn't seen a dollar in their pockets yet except for the couple hundred dollars in stickers a few months ago.
The benefit of Steam over other constant connection systems, however, is that if I know I'm going to be going on a trip I can switch to Offline mode beforehand and I'm fine. Can't do that with Origin.
The fact that there's a way to/shut off/ the internet connection requirement is good enough for me.
More likely it's a step towards ganging the cars together to act as a train on long freeway hauls to gain the benefit of reduced gas consumption through better aerodynamics. The passenger cell of the car would have to be greatly stiffened in that case I think, but good crumple zones plus automated braking upon an accident should help that greatly, and ganging the cars together should be safer than a train in an accident since everyone would be in seat belts and their own safety cell.
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Well, the "support" model is not what free software is good at. Free software can do it just fine.
It's possible that the same type of people drawn to an environment-saving car would replace their car at a lower rate than others though.
I mean, with the phrase "or any other nuclear explosion" doesn't that imply we're agreeing not to ever use nukes for anything?
Gscunthorped?
I would hypothesize that it takes about 12-16 years for race to become a problem. The first generation immigrants are most likely still regarded as "outsiders". Racism will be limited to talking behind their backs and hoping they go away while not letting them into your clubs. The 1.5 and second generation immigrants, however, grow up in the same schools as your kids and threaten to date your girls and want to be let into your colleges. They have proven they will not just "go away" and thus are a threat to your "good, wholesome" children. I wonder if anyone's done a study on this.
So yeah, I can see how it'd take a few years for anti-immigrant racism to bubble up.
(Note: I do no /agree/ with any of the racist thinking I've hypothesized here -- I just think that racist assholes could think like that.)
1. NPR receives very little funding from the government. A high estimate would be about 16% for any individual station. By contrast, Catholic Charities USA claims 67% of its funding is through the government.
2. Juan Williams didn't just say something "NPR did not like," he said something incredibly and unapologetically racist. If he had instead said "the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are helping the world and the US in particular because it's stabilizing oil production for US consumption and the count of US soldiers injured and killed is a totally acceptable cost" he probably wouldn't have been fired despite the fact that NPR doesn't usually have people say stuff like that on the air.
3. Juan Williams wasn't just some one-time-guest on Fox, he was consistently an analyst for Fox for three years prior to joining NPR.
Now, if you were to say his conservative views and appearances on Fox News were a factor in his firing, that may hold some merit, but the implication that NPR disagreeing with him was a raw cause is rather inflammatory and not quite accurate.
Who said "invest"?
From the Kickstarter FAQ: "A new form of commerce and patronage. This is not about investment or lending. Project creators keep 100% ownership and control over their work. Instead, they offer products and experiences that are unique to each project."
I stand corrected in that Monsanto's corn is herbicide, not pesticide resistant. I really wish /. had editing so I could add this to my "insightful" post. It looks like blame falls squarely on over-use of pesticides then.
I had a boss that gave us double comp time for working weekends when requested to. And brought in a masseuse. No decent bonuses, but extra time off is nice.
Pretty soon once bee keepers start sourcing non-pesticide-laced feed for their bees.
If I were a milk producer and fed my cows a concoction that caused 90% of them to drop dead at the same time every two years I'd sure as hell look for a new feed source -- it could be fairly expensive even and the fact that I don't want to risk fundamental failure in my ability to survive would mean it's still a good deal for me.
No. Commercial media outlets should increase viewership by gaining a reputation for accurate, unbiased reporting.
You, obviously. We put them up to annoy you. I vote we have a Raspberry Pi week to annoy all the haters!
From the summary it sounds like the pesticide is piggybacking on the HFCS produced. The first article is more clear in this, that the problem is the pesticide, not the corn syrup itself.
Monsanto's corn, however, is designed to be pesticide resistant, so farmers can use more pesticide on their corn. It's possible that at low enough dosages colony collapse disorder doesn't occur, but Monsanto's corn allows a much higher dose to be tolerated by the corn.
All in all, this is a pretty reasonable conclusion I think.
Third? We're just one step below second. That's... blue, right?
They also did FCC (US), Canadian and Australian (don't know the acronyms) testing at the same time.
Sorry to hear you don't understand the pleasure multiplier that properly used toys can bring to the bedroom. I feel bad for you girlfriend.
...one goat...
Coincidentally, anyone who espouses such hate is headed there, too. Have fun with your new roommates!
And recombining hydrogen in oxygen could obviously never result in electricity production. The question is whether it exceeds efficiency of other solar-to-electricity production.
On a less snarky note: Storing it for vehicular usage is a problem only because we haven't invested in storage techniques, only because we don't have a cheap production technique. That said, Mazda made and sold a few hydrogen fueled RX-8s way back when in Japan where there does exist a primitive hydrogen fueling solution. Future development should work out well there.
And that's why I consider myself lucky that my real name is so common.
The initial 10k batch was made on behalf of the Foundation at some factory in China. That batch of 10k are being resold by Farnell and RS. Further production of the Pi will be handled by RS and Farnell.
So "we're making a batch, they're at the factory being made, bear with us" and "here these companies will now make them!" are both true.
Maybe the legal definition of a finished product with respect to import taxes is different from the definition with respect to CE marking...
If each of the 10k initial batch were sold at $70 and they oversubscribed by 10:1 during pre-orders that's a take of $7M over a two year long con. Yeah, not approaching Enron or Bernie Madoff levels.
Madoff was a $18 billion (with a B) scam, Enron was an $11 billion scandal.
So try being a little less sensationalist since unless part of the contract with RS and Farnell includes cash up front the Raspberry Pi Foundation hasn't seen a dollar in their pockets yet except for the couple hundred dollars in stickers a few months ago.
The benefit of Steam over other constant connection systems, however, is that if I know I'm going to be going on a trip I can switch to Offline mode beforehand and I'm fine. Can't do that with Origin.
The fact that there's a way to /shut off/ the internet connection requirement is good enough for me.
More likely it's a step towards ganging the cars together to act as a train on long freeway hauls to gain the benefit of reduced gas consumption through better aerodynamics. The passenger cell of the car would have to be greatly stiffened in that case I think, but good crumple zones plus automated braking upon an accident should help that greatly, and ganging the cars together should be safer than a train in an accident since everyone would be in seat belts and their own safety cell.