Instestinal flora seems to have become something more scientists are looking into. The make up of the flora seems to have large number if influences. We may find even more surprises as more research happens.
Anybody here using Ada, or has used Ada? Not implying anything, but genuinely interested. Isn't Ada one of the most crazy complex algorithm languages ever invented? Just my impression.
That would be Scala;) Ada has resemblances to Pascal in certain aspects.
That might be true here, but choices aren't limited to governments. Bad investors, bad management and bad choices in general can burn any project be it government or private.
There will always be an initial cost, but this is usually paid back in a specied timeframe. My general expectation is that you don't break-even for two years. I also believe that captilism sometimes benefits from a government investment at the right level. In this case the government pays for the general infrastructure, but in doing so allows for competition at the ISP level. Competition prospers, users get choice, business gets to concentrate on service and in general everyone wins.
I believe in general government is good for investing in large scale projects that are deemed to risky for private enterprise, but whose benefits can be leased or licensed out to private business, once the biggest risk factor has been taken care of.
I have a 6 MBit connection, which is good enough for HD video from Netflix.
The only reason I keep it is because, beyond the odd throttling, I don't have cap. If I have to go capped with a higher speed connection, then I need to have 300GB minimum. Its not so much I download that much, but I don't want to be stressing about going over the limit and be gouged.
As for the selection with Netflix in Canada, is you aren't really paying for a US or Canadian account. You are simply paying for Netflix and then getting the selection for the geographic region in which you are currently located. This means if you go on holiday in the USA, then you get the USA content selection and if someone from the USA comes to Canada, then they get the Canadian selection. This aside, I don't know whether the poor selection in Canada is down to Netflix not making the same effort to negotiate the rights or whether it is down to the content companies in Canada just being more difficult.
The problem with Google Music is that it is still US only. Not even in Canada can we make use of it. I will consider Google music the day its availble to me.
The iTunes Music store and, to some extent, Amazon are the only legal options outside of the USA.
I am torn. I want the delux edition, but I want it in white.
Getting the white edition as is makes no financial sense, since once you have added all the extras, including a base game, in the delux edition you are $100 over the price of the black version. Once there is stock I may end up grudgingly getting the black version. I can understand why thy did this, since it is clear which is which, but that doesn't men I like it.
Why does egypt have a closed border with Gaza? Why does Jordan have a closed border with the west bank? Israel isn't the only party guilty of blockading the palestinians.
True, but part of the reason is that it makes the politics with Israel less complicated. Remember Palestine hasn't even been recognized as a proper country in the UN and is treated more as Israel's back yard or a reserve. Palestine is very much in survival mode and doesn't have much opportunity to develop a stable society. All the politics in the countries around Palestine is just more fuel that Hamas needs to justify its terrorist existence.
I don't claim to know the solution, but the Jewish colonies certainly isn't one of them - quite the opposite really.
In many ways this is why there needs to be a reform to the political system to make it easier to have more than to parties. A binary system is not very realistic, given the variations of view points - sure it is easy to understand, but it means more infighting than there needs to be.
In terms of presidential systems, France may have it better? There you have two rounds, with the second round being dependent on the first. Essentially in the first round you vote for the party you want and if no party gets more than 50%, then the two front runners of the first round go into the second round and you vote for them. The reason I like this is that there should be less risk of a 'lost vote'. Also, the congress would be populated by a clearer variation of view points, based on the various parties. In this scenario the tea party would be able to represent themselves, instead of hampering the GOP, for example.
For some stuff this is no different than what Microsoft did with IE, but that doesn't mean this should be the appoach taken. Microsoft could also be less of a drag when it comes to embracing the web specifications.
The web specifications need to flow a little better and ease the rate of implementation. At the same time we should be discouraging the use of prefixed extensions and encourage the use of their non-prefixed equivalents, if they are part of that year's spécification.
As for the idea of simply using WebKit, it is one approach, but at the same time it is nice to see the diversity of implentations to keep people competitive.
If you take out the religion part, then you have two 'countries' (Palestine is barely granted nationhood status) on the offensive. You need to remember that Israel wasn't even established until after the second world war and only so a certain people could have 'home land', despite the fact people were already calling that territory home for centuries. The British had already helped destabilize the whole area, through their prior colonization. Creating a new territory with people with even more different and radical views (orthodox Jewish in this case) wasn't going to change anything.
If Palestine wasn't such on a lock down by Israel, then there would be no need for these tunnels. In many ways Palestine exists in the same way the Indian territories do in the US. If Palestine was allowed to be treated as a country, and allowed to develop a healthy economy, there may be less frustration - granted that is a very big 'maybe', since there are so many conflicting factors and tensions are certainly high.
It isn't the Muslims per say, but the extremists. Extremism of any faith, colour or dogma is the problem. I know enough Muslims around me, and none of them would ask for what is happening in the name of their religion.
One of the differences with Islamic extremists, is that they live in an area that is generally politically unstable and throwing in a country like Israel into the mix is like throwing oil onto fire. BTW the power grab by certain imams is very similar to what the priests were doing back in Europe 500 years ago. The main difference is the realm of influence and the tools at their disposal.
Israel doesn't help the situation by building their colonies. I am not sure the USA would be happy if Mexico started establishing colonies on US soil. Knowing some of the right wing there, the outcome would likely be the same.
Before you ask I am agnostic of Christian background, but feel we should try to understand the problems better.
Anyone who needs emergency power isn't going to be using the inductive cooktop, air conditioner and three oil column heaters. This keeps the fridge, tv, radio, and microwave going.
In addition, if you are wanting to go solar or off-grid, then power supply is only half of the equation. The other half being how to reduce consumption. For example getting a LED based TV instead of a plasma based one or putting stuff into standby (or off) when not bring used.
As for 10KW per hour, that is huge. What is consuming that much? An industrial level hair dryer?
... for Open Source. Compile it yourself if you want to, or download it from a reputable place and trust it.
For the non-tech that's akin to doing brain surgery, so that changes nothing. For the average tech, downloading a precompiled firmware is still preferable in many cases. Having the source available will allow more eyes on it and the chance to improve it, but still an easy option to 'make firmware' and be done is appealing.
One thing mentioned elsewhere is that there already taxes that make part of salaries and of services or products sold. How much income tax should be paid in top of that?
It would be nice to get all public companies, making above a certain yearly amount, having the amount of declared tax presented in a chart. The fiscal 100?
It's nice to scream shit about companies and they probably should be paying a bigger tax amount, but we should also be putting this in perspective.
IANAA (I am not an accountant), so more information needs to be provided.
Let me be a little more specific for you - ghpsdr3-alex is what you are looking for. This is really two apps. The first is the processing software that hooks up to very simple hardware the implements the Software Defined Radio, all the signal processing, etc. Then there This is usually run on a PC. This software is capable of registering itself so it can be found through the internet. Then there is a graphical piece of software with clients for PC, Android and Iphone that let you see the Pan Adapter display of a chunk of spectrum and play back the audio for whatever you've tuned in. This is the control head for the processing software (Think client-server).
Cool. If I could find the right guys, one project I have mind is something akin to a RaspberryPi coupled with SDR hardware. That way you get all the work done in the device and then stream the resultant signal to the main computer. This too could be networkable.
Re your last sentence, the problem is not that insurance is regulated, it's the reverse. If people couldn't get insurance for areas that are guaranteed to flood or get blown over regularly, they might think twice about living there. Instead, the government compels insurers to cover them anyway.
Oh, that is crazy. I was hoping for something in terms of the opposite. Buildings should be receive a disaster risk rating, such that people can make informed decisions and accept whatever penalty comes with it. Imagine the rating goes from A-F, with A being lowest risk rating. If something happens there then you get an increased rate of protection, if you get get F then you should be paying a tax surcharge as a way of compensating the government for when the finally have to bail you out.
This really reminds me of the three little pigs and who's house survived the huffs and puffs of the wolf. I am pretty sure his house was not built out of wood. He was probably also the rich pig in the family;)
The problem with many homes is poor location, poor choice of construction material and poor choice of architecture. We need to respect the potential fury of Mother Nature when she decides its time to remind everyone of her presence, and build accordingly.
The first thing you do is not build your house on a spit, something which is very volatile in terms of land. Neither should you build on flood plains. If you know there is some chance of hurricanes, then concrete is going to be the better building material. We can see in Japan the buildings that survived the tsunami were all built out of concrete or on higher ground. We also learnt in Thailand that you are better off putting mangroves than house on a beach front. In terms of architecture stilted homes make more sense, in flood prone areas since they will be above the flood level and therefore the damage, if any, will be much reduced.
One construction approach I had thought about as a compromise would be in a typically wooden house, was a raised concrete core, where people cold hide and keep the most precious possessions. The idea being even with damage to the outer structure, they would be above the food level and within a structure that stands a better chance of survival.
All that said, I believe we should be regulating building and insurance to discourage people building the wrong type of housing in the wrong geography, since in the end the tax payer pays every time.
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Instestinal flora seems to have become something more scientists are looking into. The make up of the flora seems to have large number if influences. We may find even more surprises as more research happens.
Anybody here using Ada, or has used Ada? Not implying anything, but genuinely interested. Isn't Ada one of the most crazy complex algorithm languages ever invented? Just my impression.
That would be Scala ;) Ada has resemblances to Pascal in certain aspects.
That might be true here, but choices aren't limited to governments. Bad investors, bad management and bad choices in general can burn any project be it government or private.
Relax, little guy. Take a swig of that magic potion. Or let Assurancetourix compose a soothing melody.
For the native English speakers that would be 'Cacofonix' :)
You know, if that did hit Earth it would be a case of the sky falling.
There will always be an initial cost, but this is usually paid back in a specied timeframe. My general expectation is that you don't break-even for two years. I also believe that captilism sometimes benefits from a government investment at the right level. In this case the government pays for the general infrastructure, but in doing so allows for competition at the ISP level. Competition prospers, users get choice, business gets to concentrate on service and in general everyone wins.
I believe in general government is good for investing in large scale projects that are deemed to risky for private enterprise, but whose benefits can be leased or licensed out to private business, once the biggest risk factor has been taken care of.
I have a 6 MBit connection, which is good enough for HD video from Netflix.
The only reason I keep it is because, beyond the odd throttling, I don't have cap. If I have to go capped with a higher speed connection, then I need to have 300GB minimum. Its not so much I download that much, but I don't want to be stressing about going over the limit and be gouged.
As for the selection with Netflix in Canada, is you aren't really paying for a US or Canadian account. You are simply paying for Netflix and then getting the selection for the geographic region in which you are currently located. This means if you go on holiday in the USA, then you get the USA content selection and if someone from the USA comes to Canada, then they get the Canadian selection. This aside, I don't know whether the poor selection in Canada is down to Netflix not making the same effort to negotiate the rights or whether it is down to the content companies in Canada just being more difficult.
It should also be noted that AAC is to MPEG4 video, what MP3 is to MPEG1 video.
One thing I always found odd were the personal media payers that could play MPEG4 video, but couldn't play back AAC based tracks.
Apparently this apple fanboi never heard of allofmp3.com
That may be the case, but it was pushing into a legal gray zone in Russia and eventually, by pressure from the media companies, got shut down.
The problem with Google Music is that it is still US only. Not even in Canada can we make use of it. I will consider Google music the day its availble to me.
The iTunes Music store and, to some extent, Amazon are the only legal options outside of the USA.
I am torn. I want the delux edition, but I want it in white.
Getting the white edition as is makes no financial sense, since once you have added all the extras, including a base game, in the delux edition you are $100 over the price of the black version. Once there is stock I may end up grudgingly getting the black version. I can understand why thy did this, since it is clear which is which, but that doesn't men I like it.
Rant over
Why does egypt have a closed border with Gaza? Why does Jordan have a closed border with the west bank? Israel isn't the only party guilty of blockading the palestinians.
True, but part of the reason is that it makes the politics with Israel less complicated. Remember Palestine hasn't even been recognized as a proper country in the UN and is treated more as Israel's back yard or a reserve. Palestine is very much in survival mode and doesn't have much opportunity to develop a stable society. All the politics in the countries around Palestine is just more fuel that Hamas needs to justify its terrorist existence.
I don't claim to know the solution, but the Jewish colonies certainly isn't one of them - quite the opposite really.
In many ways this is why there needs to be a reform to the political system to make it easier to have more than to parties. A binary system is not very realistic, given the variations of view points - sure it is easy to understand, but it means more infighting than there needs to be.
In terms of presidential systems, France may have it better? There you have two rounds, with the second round being dependent on the first. Essentially in the first round you vote for the party you want and if no party gets more than 50%, then the two front runners of the first round go into the second round and you vote for them. The reason I like this is that there should be less risk of a 'lost vote'. Also, the congress would be populated by a clearer variation of view points, based on the various parties. In this scenario the tea party would be able to represent themselves, instead of hampering the GOP, for example.
For some stuff this is no different than what Microsoft did with IE, but that doesn't mean this should be the appoach taken. Microsoft could also be less of a drag when it comes to embracing the web specifications.
The web specifications need to flow a little better and ease the rate of implementation. At the same time we should be discouraging the use of prefixed extensions and encourage the use of their non-prefixed equivalents, if they are part of that year's spécification.
As for the idea of simply using WebKit, it is one approach, but at the same time it is nice to see the diversity of implentations to keep people competitive.
If you take out the religion part, then you have two 'countries' (Palestine is barely granted nationhood status) on the offensive. You need to remember that Israel wasn't even established until after the second world war and only so a certain people could have 'home land', despite the fact people were already calling that territory home for centuries. The British had already helped destabilize the whole area, through their prior colonization. Creating a new territory with people with even more different and radical views (orthodox Jewish in this case) wasn't going to change anything.
If Palestine wasn't such on a lock down by Israel, then there would be no need for these tunnels. In many ways Palestine exists in the same way the Indian territories do in the US. If Palestine was allowed to be treated as a country, and allowed to develop a healthy economy, there may be less frustration - granted that is a very big 'maybe', since there are so many conflicting factors and tensions are certainly high.
It isn't the Muslims per say, but the extremists. Extremism of any faith, colour or dogma is the problem. I know enough Muslims around me, and none of them would ask for what is happening in the name of their religion.
One of the differences with Islamic extremists, is that they live in an area that is generally politically unstable and throwing in a country like Israel into the mix is like throwing oil onto fire. BTW the power grab by certain imams is very similar to what the priests were doing back in Europe 500 years ago. The main difference is the realm of influence and the tools at their disposal.
Israel doesn't help the situation by building their colonies. I am not sure the USA would be happy if Mexico started establishing colonies on US soil. Knowing some of the right wing there, the outcome would likely be the same.
Before you ask I am agnostic of Christian background, but feel we should try to understand the problems better.
Anyone who needs emergency power isn't going to be using the inductive cooktop, air conditioner and three oil column heaters. This keeps the fridge, tv, radio, and microwave going.
In addition, if you are wanting to go solar or off-grid, then power supply is only half of the equation. The other half being how to reduce consumption. For example getting a LED based TV instead of a plasma based one or putting stuff into standby (or off) when not bring used.
As for 10KW per hour, that is huge. What is consuming that much? An industrial level hair dryer?
... for Open Source. Compile it yourself if you want to, or download it from a reputable place and trust it.
For the non-tech that's akin to doing brain surgery, so that changes nothing. For the average tech, downloading a precompiled firmware is still preferable in many cases. Having the source available will allow more eyes on it and the chance to improve it, but still an easy option to 'make firmware' and be done is appealing.
thanks
One thing mentioned elsewhere is that there already taxes that make part of salaries and of services or products sold. How much income tax should be paid in top of that?
It would be nice to get all public companies, making above a certain yearly amount, having the amount of declared tax presented in a chart. The fiscal 100?
It's nice to scream shit about companies and they probably should be paying a bigger tax amount, but we should also be putting this in perspective.
IANAA (I am not an accountant), so more information needs to be provided.
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Do you know a good place to get the necessary hardware? I don't feel like having to cobble it together myself.
Let me be a little more specific for you - ghpsdr3-alex is what you are looking for. This is really two apps. The first is the processing software that hooks up to very simple hardware the implements the Software Defined Radio, all the signal processing, etc. Then there This is usually run on a PC. This software is capable of registering itself so it can be found through the internet. Then there is a graphical piece of software with clients for PC, Android and Iphone that let you see the Pan Adapter display of a chunk of spectrum and play back the audio for whatever you've tuned in. This is the control head for the processing software (Think client-server).
Cool. If I could find the right guys, one project I have mind is something akin to a RaspberryPi coupled with SDR hardware. That way you get all the work done in the device and then stream the resultant signal to the main computer. This too could be networkable.
Re your last sentence, the problem is not that insurance is regulated, it's the reverse. If people couldn't get insurance for areas that are guaranteed to flood or get blown over regularly, they might think twice about living there. Instead, the government compels insurers to cover them anyway.
Oh, that is crazy. I was hoping for something in terms of the opposite. Buildings should be receive a disaster risk rating, such that people can make informed decisions and accept whatever penalty comes with it. Imagine the rating goes from A-F, with A being lowest risk rating. If something happens there then you get an increased rate of protection, if you get get F then you should be paying a tax surcharge as a way of compensating the government for when the finally have to bail you out.
This really reminds me of the three little pigs and who's house survived the huffs and puffs of the wolf. I am pretty sure his house was not built out of wood. He was probably also the rich pig in the family ;)
The problem with many homes is poor location, poor choice of construction material and poor choice of architecture. We need to respect the potential fury of Mother Nature when she decides its time to remind everyone of her presence, and build accordingly.
The first thing you do is not build your house on a spit, something which is very volatile in terms of land. Neither should you build on flood plains. If you know there is some chance of hurricanes, then concrete is going to be the better building material. We can see in Japan the buildings that survived the tsunami were all built out of concrete or on higher ground. We also learnt in Thailand that you are better off putting mangroves than house on a beach front. In terms of architecture stilted homes make more sense, in flood prone areas since they will be above the flood level and therefore the damage, if any, will be much reduced.
One construction approach I had thought about as a compromise would be in a typically wooden house, was a raised concrete core, where people cold hide and keep the most precious possessions. The idea being even with damage to the outer structure, they would be above the food level and within a structure that stands a better chance of survival.
All that said, I believe we should be regulating building and insurance to discourage people building the wrong type of housing in the wrong geography, since in the end the tax payer pays every time.