A micro USB wouldn't be an ideal plug for a wireless charging station, a barrel plug would be better since there is no data transmission. All data transmission would probably be done over bluetooth or wireless at that point.
The point is that we don't know what will make sense in the future, and locking in a particular form factor by law forever would not be a good idea.
I wouldn't call it easy. Sure, in a relatively non-mobile space station that was reasonably small it would be a trivial problem. However, changing the direction of a spinning object at high speeds is no simple task, and at a certain size the station would pull itself apart unless it was made of some sort of super strong exotic metal.
Plus, a structure like that would be hard to maintain over a long period of time since a self sustaining micro-ecosystem would need a body of water of some sort, and any leaks in the outer hull would then dump the water out into space. ect, ect, ect.. I wouldn't take long at all for some genius to come up with the bright idea of just not spinning and instead making exercise mandatory. Then out come the jabba babies.
(almost) No one is listening when the government says Snowden is a bad guy. Any government would say something like that in this situation. No one I know cares or gets emotional about it. That would be like getting mad at a parakeet for chirping all day long.
Europe does not, as a whole (UK peons of NSA are not EU mandated. Germany are a band of arsebandits in constant search of a convenient arse) condone or engage in this kind of perverse interest in the affairs of its citizens.
That is certainly what they want you to believe. The same thing was said about USA 6 months ago, and anyone who claimed differently was often called a conspiracy nut. I assure you that 80% of the governments in Europe are engaging in hardcore surveillance against the population's wishes. However, until/unless there is a leak I can't prove it to you.
If I'm reading this correctly, it seems very possible that any children born in space would grow up to look like jabba the hut, since the whole gravety issue would no longer be a problem.
Does anyone else see the irony in that an article composed entirely of metadata about NSA spying (i.e. explanations of the implications of the data, rather than new data) is pointing out how harmful metadata itself can be?
People seem to be losing sight of the fact that it isn't only the NSA that is doing this tracking. Europe and China are both huge on tracking, they just haven't had this kind of public leak. So, while the question of which US Constitutional Amendment has been breached is a good question, it doesn't address the larger picture question: Where do we, as citizens of whichever country, draw the line and force our governments to stop?
No matter what stage of addiction you are in you always say it's the next stage when things are really bad. Alcohol dims your brain. The only coding that is ever good for is grunt work. If you find it helps.. well.. sorry to have to be the one to break it to you.
Ha! Well the "Zim" is a completely different 3d print from kickstarter than the peach above. Excellent quality, dual heads, ~$800. Sorry for any confusion.
In the ideal world 60% - 70% of employees wouldn't inevitably slip into a pattern of partying all night and barely paying any attention to work at all when given such loose guidelines. There are ways to identify employees who need those guidelines and those who don't.. but that's hard. So much easier to just use a model that works 50% as well but works for 100% of employees.
There's something ironic about extracting oil, burning it, and then putting the resultant CO2 back in it's place. Unfortunately, if this is only in the computer model stage it will probably be 2030 before it even has a chance of getting implemented.
That is, unless we come up with some catchy slogans to rally behind, I suggest: "Make the world a soda, carbonate our shale!"
Becoming attached to the item will only make people slightly less likely to risk it needlessly. I don't see any way that that behavior could be considered bad.
If I get attacked by a battle robot and destroy it, I would rather that someone, somewhere cared at least a little bit. The idea that no one cared about it at all would just make the whole thing worse.
Yes, your little, puny drones are no match for our US Defense Contractor drones that have a staff of thousands and bases all over the world.
I cheated and read the article. They WERE US Defense Contractor drones that FEMA shut down.
Yes, contractors with the department of defense flying military drones over US airspace. I can't see how anyone could ever have a problem with that.
Even if it happens to be for a good purpose this once, the military should never be allowed to fly drones over US airspace. Once that precedent is set it just becomes too easy to re-purpose them for surveillance or population control. The article is clearly biased and ignores this issue. Any drones that are going to be used for humanitarian reasons should be built and ran by non-military branches of the government.
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A micro USB wouldn't be an ideal plug for a wireless charging station, a barrel plug would be better since there is no data transmission. All data transmission would probably be done over bluetooth or wireless at that point.
The point is that we don't know what will make sense in the future, and locking in a particular form factor by law forever would not be a good idea.
This bill had better have an expiration date, or else it might well interfere with new technologies like (perhaps) wireless power transmission.
The ocean has currents. Obviously this craft occasionally encounters some of them.
You seem to have a very personal stake in the answer. I don't think you're fooling anyone by referring to the cartels in the third person.
The banks always win that sort of battle, not the "spooks." It's the golden rule.
Science?? Not everyone has a paid subscription to Nature. Without that there is hardly anything to miss!
You're funny! Have you ever considered a job as a stand up comic?
You should.
I certainly hope so, or else those astronauts on the space station today are doomed! Doomed I say!
It seems unlikely that this hypothetical problem could affect adults.
I wouldn't call it easy. Sure, in a relatively non-mobile space station that was reasonably small it would be a trivial problem. However, changing the direction of a spinning object at high speeds is no simple task, and at a certain size the station would pull itself apart unless it was made of some sort of super strong exotic metal.
Plus, a structure like that would be hard to maintain over a long period of time since a self sustaining micro-ecosystem would need a body of water of some sort, and any leaks in the outer hull would then dump the water out into space. ect, ect, ect.. I wouldn't take long at all for some genius to come up with the bright idea of just not spinning and instead making exercise mandatory. Then out come the jabba babies.
(almost) No one is listening when the government says Snowden is a bad guy. Any government would say something like that in this situation. No one I know cares or gets emotional about it. That would be like getting mad at a parakeet for chirping all day long.
Europe does not, as a whole (UK peons of NSA are not EU mandated. Germany are a band of arsebandits in constant search of a convenient arse) condone or engage in this kind of perverse interest in the affairs of its citizens.
That is certainly what they want you to believe. The same thing was said about USA 6 months ago, and anyone who claimed differently was often called a conspiracy nut. I assure you that 80% of the governments in Europe are engaging in hardcore surveillance against the population's wishes. However, until/unless there is a leak I can't prove it to you.
If I'm reading this correctly, it seems very possible that any children born in space would grow up to look like jabba the hut, since the whole gravety issue would no longer be a problem.
Does anyone else see the irony in that an article composed entirely of metadata about NSA spying (i.e. explanations of the implications of the data, rather than new data) is pointing out how harmful metadata itself can be?
People seem to be losing sight of the fact that it isn't only the NSA that is doing this tracking. Europe and China are both huge on tracking, they just haven't had this kind of public leak. So, while the question of which US Constitutional Amendment has been breached is a good question, it doesn't address the larger picture question: Where do we, as citizens of whichever country, draw the line and force our governments to stop?
No matter what stage of addiction you are in you always say it's the next stage when things are really bad. Alcohol dims your brain. The only coding that is ever good for is grunt work. If you find it helps.. well.. sorry to have to be the one to break it to you.
You mean like this one?
Ha! Well the "Zim" is a completely different 3d print from kickstarter than the peach above. Excellent quality, dual heads, ~$800. Sorry for any confusion.
The bottom of the article says $2,500.
All these printers seem way overpriced to me. I would rather go for something like this one which seems just as good quality for 1/4 the price.
So.. time to wake up.
In the ideal world 60% - 70% of employees wouldn't inevitably slip into a pattern of partying all night and barely paying any attention to work at all when given such loose guidelines. There are ways to identify employees who need those guidelines and those who don't.. but that's hard. So much easier to just use a model that works 50% as well but works for 100% of employees.
alcohol + code??? No way, unless what you're doing requires zero thought. Or you just don't care.
No one intends to ACTUALLY solve climate change this way. That'd cost MONEY!
Not if you get creative, this could be funded entirely by carbon offset credits.
There's something ironic about extracting oil, burning it, and then putting the resultant CO2 back in it's place. Unfortunately, if this is only in the computer model stage it will probably be 2030 before it even has a chance of getting implemented.
That is, unless we come up with some catchy slogans to rally behind, I suggest: "Make the world a soda, carbonate our shale!"
Becoming attached to the item will only make people slightly less likely to risk it needlessly. I don't see any way that that behavior could be considered bad.
If I get attacked by a battle robot and destroy it, I would rather that someone, somewhere cared at least a little bit. The idea that no one cared about it at all would just make the whole thing worse.
Biased article is biased.
I cheated and read the article. They WERE US Defense Contractor drones that FEMA shut down.
Yes, contractors with the department of defense flying military drones over US airspace. I can't see how anyone could ever have a problem with that.
Even if it happens to be for a good purpose this once, the military should never be allowed to fly drones over US airspace. Once that precedent is set it just becomes too easy to re-purpose them for surveillance or population control. The article is clearly biased and ignores this issue. Any drones that are going to be used for humanitarian reasons should be built and ran by non-military branches of the government.