I live in southern Japan under the threat of the Nanaki trough earthquake.
> Unfortunately, the report doesn't outline how the government plans to get people out of harm's way.
My local area is expected to be about 7m under water (roughly 22 feet for you Neanderthals) and there are yearly evacuation drills, tsunami siren tests, tall buildings have agreed to be shelters and a lot of money poured into awareness and prep. Everyone is encouraged to work our their evac plan and meeting points in advanced, and most have some form of a bug-out bag. Where I live in particular the elevation is low and there are few tall buildings. Many area senior citizens have a bit of a fatalistic attitude of if everyone prepares but if it happens, they will do what they can but beyond that, who knows.
Many projects in the financial sector require 100s of developers and 1000s of man-months (yeah, yeah, mythical man-month and all that still apply). Are you willing to work for $1 a month?
The obvious result of this ruling is not that heat-trapping gases will remain unregulated, but that the Bush (and by extension the Rupblican) version of said regulation failed. The next administration will take a shot, and under a possibly Democratic Party controlled White House and Congress you can expect something dramatically different. Which is most likely the reason for the dismay from the litigating utility companies.
Hmm - USA, Japan, both very rich countries for several generations now. Umm, Japan on average was pretty poor until the late 60s. If you ask the older generation about growing up, many talk about not having shoes and going hungry.
I've been living in Japan for 12 years now, and it's really amazing how perseveringly most English native speakers manage not to learn the local language beyond the level of a 4-year-old. It's amazing. I too have lived in Japan for a similar length of time and have found the same lack of willingness to learn the language from time to time. However, I am not really amazed as whenever I head back to the States, I have noticed that most can't speak any language beyond the level of a 4-year-old so...
My point was that it's not the customer that pays the bills, it's the customer's employer that pays the bills. That is my point.
Frankly, in the global economy with the complexities of international ownership and investment, if the "employer" and "employee/customer" in your argument is limited to a strict national basis, particularly for a major industry (we are not talking about Mom & Pop outfits here) they are both screwed and if they are inefficient, they are doubly screwed.
Because that $200'000 cd player was made here in Canada/U.S.. But your $25 player that you have now, came from Taiwan. So you've given $25 of your economy's worth away to another country, another culture, and to other people. You've exported cash. You've eliminated jobs.
The economy and the job market are not zero sum (I refuse to call it a game). Yes, there are real people affected with one whole segment of the economy goes and is replaced by something/someone/somewhere more efficient. However, that is hardly a reason to specifically build in inefficiencies (or non standards compliance) into the goods/services we produce in the hope that no one else will offer anything better and/or cheaper. There are a few lucky exceptions (usually due to regulations(safety, secrecy, make work, trade barriers, etc), but in general the market (or human nature if you prefer) will route around you and leave you high and dry quite quickly.
I suppose it's possible to "raise awareness" as in the various "Made In *" programs, but frankly that's not business, it's charity.
So non-standards compliance browsers are now "high quality"? and we should all be creating more "high quality" crap and so the gravy train never ends? Competition will bite you in the ass sooner or later, just ask Detroit or RIAA.
In the meanwhile, why don't you enjoy some music and chill? What' that? Oh sorry, that non-standards compliant DRM'd CD doesn't play on your PC/Player/etc. I'll sell you one. It's a bit pricey at $200000, but it's "high quality" and my employees will that you for it.
Ultimately, it's the customer that pays the bills. You may be able to make a temporary living off of inefficiency by providing less at a higher cost, but I wouldn't make it my business model. The market adjustment is a bitch.
On another note, coming soon to a government office near you: "Ladies and gentlemen: the story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have NOT been changed to protect the innocent."
It doesn't really. Here in Japan (yes Japan.. again) at my (albeit peculiar) home I get, analog by cable, digital by cable, and digital by satellite and with a booster and some work, all on the same coaxial cable with no interference. In Japan the frequencies don't overlap and for the past 2 years almost all tv sets sold handle all three.
I have to say, that the digital quality is really great... for shows originating in Japan where they are shot in 1125i. Shows from the US are shot with really poor equipment and the image quality is for shit. I watched a bit of American football last night and had to change the channel, the quality was so poor. Funny thing though, MLB shown in Japan has excellent image quality.
This things (plastic covers) are pretty popular among a certain driving set in Japan, where these types of readers are placed at almost all major roads, highways, and other choke points (see N system). Other common practices are using tinted covers, moving the plates to unusual locations and angles, and tilting the plates way out of verticle. A lot of these strategies are of unknown effectiveness and legality but are fairly common. On motorcycles most of these are just a quick bend into an L shape...
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I live in southern Japan under the threat of the Nanaki trough earthquake.
> Unfortunately, the report doesn't outline how the government plans to get people out of harm's way.
My local area is expected to be about 7m under water (roughly 22 feet for you Neanderthals) and there are yearly evacuation drills, tsunami siren tests, tall buildings have agreed to be shelters and a lot of money poured into awareness and prep. Everyone is encouraged to work our their evac plan and meeting points in advanced, and most have some form of a bug-out bag. Where I live in particular the elevation is low and there are few tall buildings. Many area senior citizens have a bit of a fatalistic attitude of if everyone prepares but if it happens, they will do what they can but beyond that, who knows.
Informative?!? more like troll.
Many projects in the financial sector require 100s of developers and 1000s of man-months (yeah, yeah, mythical man-month and all that still apply). Are you willing to work for $1 a month?
Thought not.
So when can we get on board?
Expensive yes, but Japan, France, etc do it. I would imagine that China has the volume of traffic to pay for the majority of maint costs.
The real bitch is laying all of the new lines, tunnels, bridges, etc. Very capital intensive
Some measurement has to be better than (virtually) nothing as per Gilb's law:
Anything you need to quantify can be measured in some way that is superior to not measuring it at all.
Windows2000 Professional saved the world from Windows ME.
There, fixed that for you.
Something will save us from Vista.
Like Ubuntu, Kubuntu, or Xubuntu.
Cthulhu?
The obvious result of this ruling is not that heat-trapping gases will remain unregulated, but that the Bush (and by extension the Rupblican) version of said regulation failed. The next administration will take a shot, and under a possibly Democratic Party controlled White House and Congress you can expect something dramatically different. Which is most likely the reason for the dismay from the litigating utility companies.
Try listening to some podcasts for new authors.
Here are two outstanding sf podcasts:
Escape Pod
StarShipSofa
Frankly, in the global economy with the complexities of international ownership and investment, if the "employer" and "employee/customer" in your argument is limited to a strict national basis, particularly for a major industry (we are not talking about Mom & Pop outfits here) they are both screwed and if they are inefficient, they are doubly screwed.
The economy and the job market are not zero sum (I refuse to call it a game). Yes, there are real people affected with one whole segment of the economy goes and is replaced by something/someone/somewhere more efficient. However, that is hardly a reason to specifically build in inefficiencies (or non standards compliance) into the goods/services we produce in the hope that no one else will offer anything better and/or cheaper. There are a few lucky exceptions (usually due to regulations(safety, secrecy, make work, trade barriers, etc), but in general the market (or human nature if you prefer) will route around you and leave you high and dry quite quickly.
I suppose it's possible to "raise awareness" as in the various "Made In *" programs, but frankly that's not business, it's charity.
So non-standards compliance browsers are now "high quality"? and we should all be creating more "high quality" crap and so the gravy train never ends? Competition will bite you in the ass sooner or later, just ask Detroit or RIAA.
In the meanwhile, why don't you enjoy some music and chill? What' that? Oh sorry, that non-standards compliant DRM'd CD doesn't play on your PC/Player/etc. I'll sell you one. It's a bit pricey at $200000, but it's "high quality" and my employees will that you for it.
Ultimately, it's the customer that pays the bills. You may be able to make a temporary living off of inefficiency by providing less at a higher cost, but I wouldn't make it my business model. The market adjustment is a bitch.
I, for one, welcome our new Dragnet overlords.
Why Sergeant Friday! So nice to see you!
On another note, coming soon to a government office near you:
"Ladies and gentlemen: the story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have NOT been changed to protect the innocent."
As Marvin the Paranoid Android might say -- Don't Panic
Read the title as "cyber-googles" and got all worked up for nothing.
Move on. Nothing to see here.
When he leaves, he always waves goodbye
They should first search in the sky for Lucy. I have heard that she is always accompanied by diamonds.
And this is different from these others... how exactly?
http://www.vubiq.com/news.php
http://gigaom.com/2008/02/20/60-ghz60-second-hd-movie-downloads/
http://bwrc.eecs.berkeley.edu/Research/RF/ogre_project/
Turning a single-sided floppy into a double-sided floppy with a hole punch.
because like the internet is like TOTALLY a definitave source mkay?
It doesn't really. Here in Japan (yes Japan.. again) at my (albeit peculiar) home I get, analog by cable, digital by cable, and digital by satellite and with a booster and some work, all on the same coaxial cable with no interference. In Japan the frequencies don't overlap and for the past 2 years almost all tv sets sold handle all three.
I have to say, that the digital quality is really great... for shows originating in Japan where they are shot in 1125i. Shows from the US are shot with really poor equipment and the image quality is for shit. I watched a bit of American football last night and had to change the channel, the quality was so poor. Funny thing though, MLB shown in Japan has excellent image quality.
So much for energy efficient computing.
This things (plastic covers) are pretty popular among a certain driving set in Japan, where these types of readers are placed at almost all major roads, highways, and other choke points (see N system). Other common practices are using tinted covers, moving the plates to unusual locations and angles, and tilting the plates way out of verticle. A lot of these strategies are of unknown effectiveness and legality but are fairly common. On motorcycles most of these are just a quick bend into an L shape...
Am I the only one who hears that damn song by the recently desceased Desmond Dekker run through his head?
Ooooh, oooh, the Israelites! baby