Put all your money in non-algorithmic, signal-based, synchronous software. It will revolutionize both the hardware and the software industry and usher in the most dramatic change in computing since the days of Charles Babbage and Lady Lovelace.
Actually, the typical failure rate for a consumer electronics product is in the 3%-8% range. Some vendors can be worse, but even the best are hard pressed to get better than 3%. It is possible to reduce the failure rate, but then you add cost, which is not a good thing for consumer electronics.
This is still much lower than the 20% that stores often charge for their plans. What I do is find out how much their plan costs and then put that money in my savings account. When the inevitable failure comes along, I have more than enough money to pay for it.
1) Check the rear mirror to see if nobody's tailgating you. 2) Wait up the moment they are too distracted to pay attention to you. 3) Push the brakes Really Hard. 4) Say "Shut up".
5) Listen to the children chant "Do it again!" for the rest of the trip.
The best way to get the kids to listen is to simply enforce your threats. Mention that they get no dessert (or whatever) unless they calm down. It won't work immediately, but after a few lost treasures, they will start to figure it out. Also, reminding them of the appropriate behavior beforehand helps out too.
The idea is that the next crop will absorb the carbon emitted, resulting in lower overall emissions. When you pump oil up from the ground, there is no mechanism to sequester that carbon back into the ground.
Other more persistent problems with biofuels are concerned with the resourses needed to produce them. More land will be needed for farming and this farming activity will cause additional environmental effects such as fertilizer runoff, reduced forest land, and most likely trigger the debate about genetically modified crops, which boost production per acre.
I do believe that we need to move in this direction, though.
Pay the $25 and enroll. Then buy all the educationally priced software you want on Ebay or wherever you want. You don't have to enroll for classes, and you make the $25 back on your first purchase.
Why bother? Just go to BestCircuitDepotUSA and buy one. It's not like they card you for it or anything.
and the people of each State shall have free ingress and regress to and from any other State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce, subject to the same duties, impositions and restrictions as the inhabitants thereof respectively
Sounds like travel between the states can have restrictions. They just need to be applied uniformly.
Since the people can still get access to the uncensored servers via proxy (as you mentioned), I don't see what Google's staying out of the market would accomplish, other than sidelining the company.
I think that they are trying to place themselves in a position to be there as restrictions are loosened, rather than cede that business to other companies. At least if they are present, they can have local reps consult with the government and maybe help free things up a bit.
For example, I could announce I have an 85% accurate weather prediction system. it's this: predict the sun will shine most of the day. nowhere does it rain all day more than 15% of the days. so my predictor is 85% accurate.
Actually you can claim that the sun will shine all day long. It may shine on the cloud tops instead of the ground, but it will shine.
Tech Support Operator 213453098: Yes, how can I help you?
UserX: Well, I was trying to win a contest by booting Windows XP on my iMac and then totally brickified it.
Tech Support Operator 213453098: Oh that's too bad, can you please start from the beginning?
UserX: Um, okay. Billions and billions of years ago, the universe was created with a really big bang that flung all the material and energy of the universe out at great speed. Scientists later called this "The Big Bang"...
If this were done, you could bet that all companies would have pricing schemes that would result in a round up, instantly increasing their revenue stream and allowing them to advertise lower than actual prices. While a few cents may seem trivial to you, to a national chain it can mean millions in extra revenue.
I would rather see an anonymous electronic cash system that does not have denominations at all, just a balance.
Or perhaps a deflationary monetary policy to make the penny worthwhile again.
A black hole has a very strong gravitational field that bends 3D space. A heavy ball on a trampoline bends the 2D space of the fabric.
Since we cannot visualize 3D space being streched, we step down to visualize 2D space being stretched, hence the funnel image.
Now for some fun geometry.
In "flat space" undistorted by large masses, the relationship between the radius and the circumfrence of a sphere is 2*PI*r. but when a massive body is introduced, it streches space near it such that C 2*PI*r. With a black hole and the singularity, there is a defined circumfrence for the event horizon, but the radius is infinite.
Just because you are published does not mean that your idea is undisputed truth. Getting into the journal is not the be-all and end-all of science. Your ideas must stand the test of time, and time alone will fetter out the bad ideas.
This case is a perfect example of the scientific process self-correcting.
"Do cars with ABS stop more quickly than cars without? ABS is designed to help the driver maintain control of the vehicle during emergency braking situations, not make the car stop more quickly. ABS may shorten stopping distances on wet or slippery roads and many systems will shorten stopping distances on dry roads. On very soft surfaces, such as loose gravel or unpacked snow, an ABS system may actually lengthen stopping distances. In wet or slippery conditions, you should still make sure you drive carefully, always keep a safe distance behind the vehicle in front of you, and maintain a speed consistent with the road conditions."
ABS is about control, not stopping distances. It allows you to retain control of your vehicle by preventing the wheels from locking up. As such, ABS will not reduce your velocity as much as tradtitional brakes and you will therefore impact with more energy.
However, the benefits of ABS and being able to avoid the collision outweighs the costs of reduced stopping force. So for the untrained driver who simply hits the brakes and waits for impact, ABS can result in higher impact velocities. but used correctly, ABS can help you avoid a collision altogether.
So in some cases (when you cannot maneuver) it is more dangerous, in some cases it is safer.
Carbon dating measures the ratio of C14 to C12. C14 is radioactive and decays over time. When an organism is alive it is constantly ingesting outside sources of carbon and so the C12-C14 ratio is the same as that of the environment. The environment gets C14 when cosmic rays interact with C12 in the upper atmosphere. When the organism dies, it stops ingesting carbon, the C14 decays and the ratio changes. The change in this ratio can tell you how long ago something stopped ingesting C14 (when it died).
You are not really measuring the age of the carbon atoms, just the ratio of a certian short-lived version of Carbon.
...is simply another form of indoctrination, much like what fascists and communists do to their children.
It is not a "them" or "us". Everyone is indoctrinated into their beliefs. For Americans this manifests itself in the Pledge of Alliegence, national songs, holidays where we honor people that we feel embody the values that we as a society hold. Values like individual freedom are highly prized in our culture and we are taught that they are "right".
Different societies will hold different values. There is, of course, no universal arbitrator for the righteousness of our values. It is simply a case of the strongest surviving. Currently, the "Individual Freedom" model of western society produces the best balance of productivity, happiness and strength. Religion taints this (in my opinion) by discouraging people to seek answers to difficult problems and instead "leaving it up to God".
Here's my take on things. When you raise a child you must acclimate them to the expectations of the society in which they live. You need to give them a framework to work with. This is not brainwashing, it is normal child rearing.
Brainwashing is taking an adult who has already been given a framework and attempting to alter that framework. You are washing the brain so that you can establish whatever values and customs you want. Childern are not brainwashed, because there is no existing framework to erase.
As far as the merits of one framework over another, the only common theme I see among many of them is intolerance for other ideas.
It is not built into their margins. It is taken out of the margins. This is a big deal since most of management's bonuses are based on margins, and if you have a high theft rate, your margins, and therefore your paycheck will be lower.
Another thing to consider is that the margins for these stores is typically around 10%. If someone steals 1 item, then the next 10 items sold are going to cover that loss instead of adding their 10% to the profits. One theft nullifies a dozen sales.
so nobody was reading the allegedly false biography.
It is up to the people presenting the argument to prove their allegedly true story, not for someone else to disprove it. You cannot assert a fact just because it cannot be disproven - you need to provide evidence in support of your assertion.
Unfortuneately, many people do not realize this. This is a big contributor to the membership of the tinfoil hat brigade, UFO nuts, and young earth creationists.
We all have deadlines, but is it too much to ask that the editor proofread his own work to make sure it's coherent?
An Author should never be the Editor. When that happens, posts like this happen. This is also why code reviews are used instead of the programmer reviewing his/her own code. You simply don't see your own mistakes because you know what you mean and you skip over the problem without realizing it.
How did you first learn about Linux?
A) The internet
B) A Book
C) At work
D) Was attacked by one
How was your first experience with Linux?
A) Wonderful. No problems whatsoever.
B) Average. Had to rebuild GLIBC for some third party applications.
C) Bad. There was no Install Wizard to help me.
D) Awful. Linux maimed me and destroyed my equipment.
Would you consider using Linux for your application?
A) No, TCO is lower for other systems.
B) Perhaps, but only after a good test run.
C) Absolutely. Gotta get me one of those killer penguins.
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Put all your money in non-algorithmic, signal-based, synchronous software. It will revolutionize both the hardware and the software industry and usher in the most dramatic change in computing since the days of Charles Babbage and Lady Lovelace.
Do you mean like Labview?
You can get into most houses these days with a knife and 5 minutes by going right through the wall.
5 minutes is 4 minutes and 50 seconds too long in a yard with a 120lb mastiff on the prowl.
because 9999/10000 the product won't break.
Actually, the typical failure rate for a consumer electronics product is in the 3%-8% range. Some vendors can be worse, but even the best are hard pressed to get better than 3%. It is possible to reduce the failure rate, but then you add cost, which is not a good thing for consumer electronics.
This is still much lower than the 20% that stores often charge for their plans. What I do is find out how much their plan costs and then put that money in my savings account. When the inevitable failure comes along, I have more than enough money to pay for it.
1) Check the rear mirror to see if nobody's tailgating you.
2) Wait up the moment they are too distracted to pay attention to you.
3) Push the brakes Really Hard.
4) Say "Shut up".
5) Listen to the children chant "Do it again!" for the rest of the trip.
The best way to get the kids to listen is to simply enforce your threats. Mention that they get no dessert (or whatever) unless they calm down. It won't work immediately, but after a few lost treasures, they will start to figure it out. Also, reminding them of the appropriate behavior beforehand helps out too.
At least with my kids. YMMV.
detect/disable IUDs
IUD's? Is the army trying to get their enemy pregnant?
For the comically impaired...
IUD - intra-uteran device
IED - improvised explosive device
The idea is that the next crop will absorb the carbon emitted, resulting in lower overall emissions. When you pump oil up from the ground, there is no mechanism to sequester that carbon back into the ground.
Other more persistent problems with biofuels are concerned with the resourses needed to produce them. More land will be needed for farming and this farming activity will cause additional environmental effects such as fertilizer runoff, reduced forest land, and most likely trigger the debate about genetically modified crops, which boost production per acre.
I do believe that we need to move in this direction, though.
Pay the $25 and enroll. Then buy all the educationally priced software you want on Ebay or wherever you want. You don't have to enroll for classes, and you make the $25 back on your first purchase.
Why bother? Just go to BestCircuitDepotUSA and buy one. It's not like they card you for it or anything.
As Smithers noted to Mr Burns...
"Well, it's a policy that ensures a healthy mix of the rich and the ignorant, sir."
and the people of each State shall have free ingress and regress to and from any other State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce, subject to the same duties, impositions and restrictions as the inhabitants thereof respectively
Sounds like travel between the states can have restrictions. They just need to be applied uniformly.
Since the people can still get access to the uncensored servers via proxy (as you mentioned), I don't see what Google's staying out of the market would accomplish, other than sidelining the company.
I think that they are trying to place themselves in a position to be there as restrictions are loosened, rather than cede that business to other companies. At least if they are present, they can have local reps consult with the government and maybe help free things up a bit.
For example, I could announce I have an 85% accurate weather prediction system. it's this: predict the sun will shine most of the day. nowhere does it rain all day more than 15% of the days. so my predictor is 85% accurate.
Actually you can claim that the sun will shine all day long. It may shine on the cloud tops instead of the ground, but it will shine.
That and don't move to Seattle.
UserX: Hi, is this Apple tech support?
Tech Support Operator 213453098: Yes, how can I help you?
UserX: Well, I was trying to win a contest by booting Windows XP on my iMac and then totally brickified it.
Tech Support Operator 213453098: Oh that's too bad, can you please start from the beginning?
UserX: Um, okay. Billions and billions of years ago, the universe was created with a really big bang that flung all the material and energy of the universe out at great speed. Scientists later called this "The Big Bang"...
If this were done, you could bet that all companies would have pricing schemes that would result in a round up, instantly increasing their revenue stream and allowing them to advertise lower than actual prices. While a few cents may seem trivial to you, to a national chain it can mean millions in extra revenue.
I would rather see an anonymous electronic cash system that does not have denominations at all, just a balance.
Or perhaps a deflationary monetary policy to make the penny worthwhile again.
The funnel is an analogy.
A black hole has a very strong gravitational field that bends 3D space. A heavy ball on a trampoline bends the 2D space of the fabric.
Since we cannot visualize 3D space being streched, we step down to visualize 2D space being stretched, hence the funnel image.
Now for some fun geometry.
In "flat space" undistorted by large masses, the relationship between the radius and the circumfrence of a sphere is 2*PI*r. but when a massive body is introduced, it streches space near it such that C 2*PI*r. With a black hole and the singularity, there is a defined circumfrence for the event horizon, but the radius is infinite.
How do peers review it if it isn't published?
Just because you are published does not mean that your idea is undisputed truth. Getting into the journal is not the be-all and end-all of science. Your ideas must stand the test of time, and time alone will fetter out the bad ideas.
This case is a perfect example of the scientific process self-correcting.
From the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
"Do cars with ABS stop more quickly than cars without?
ABS is designed to help the driver maintain control of the vehicle during emergency braking situations, not make the car stop more quickly. ABS may shorten stopping distances on wet or slippery roads and many systems will shorten stopping distances on dry roads. On very soft surfaces, such as loose gravel or unpacked snow, an ABS system may actually lengthen stopping distances. In wet or slippery conditions, you should still make sure you drive carefully, always keep a safe distance behind the vehicle in front of you, and maintain a speed consistent with the road conditions."
ABS is about control, not stopping distances. It allows you to retain control of your vehicle by preventing the wheels from locking up. As such, ABS will not reduce your velocity as much as tradtitional brakes and you will therefore impact with more energy.
However, the benefits of ABS and being able to avoid the collision outweighs the costs of reduced stopping force. So for the untrained driver who simply hits the brakes and waits for impact, ABS can result in higher impact velocities. but used correctly, ABS can help you avoid a collision altogether.
So in some cases (when you cannot maneuver) it is more dangerous, in some cases it is safer.
Schrodinger would have both shot and not shot. However it would collapse into one of the outcomes once you watch the movie.
I agree. Those 5 bright pixels are stunning.
Much science data is boring to non-scientists and the visuals help engage the casual reader.
Carbon dating measures the ratio of C14 to C12. C14 is radioactive and decays over time. When an organism is alive it is constantly ingesting outside sources of carbon and so the C12-C14 ratio is the same as that of the environment. The environment gets C14 when cosmic rays interact with C12 in the upper atmosphere. When the organism dies, it stops ingesting carbon, the C14 decays and the ratio changes. The change in this ratio can tell you how long ago something stopped ingesting C14 (when it died).
You are not really measuring the age of the carbon atoms, just the ratio of a certian short-lived version of Carbon.
...is simply another form of indoctrination, much like what fascists and communists do to their children.
It is not a "them" or "us". Everyone is indoctrinated into their beliefs. For Americans this manifests itself in the Pledge of Alliegence, national songs, holidays where we honor people that we feel embody the values that we as a society hold. Values like individual freedom are highly prized in our culture and we are taught that they are "right".
Different societies will hold different values. There is, of course, no universal arbitrator for the righteousness of our values. It is simply a case of the strongest surviving. Currently, the "Individual Freedom" model of western society produces the best balance of productivity, happiness and strength. Religion taints this (in my opinion) by discouraging people to seek answers to difficult problems and instead "leaving it up to God".
Any set of beliefs is "brainwashing"?
Here's my take on things. When you raise a child you must acclimate them to the expectations of the society in which they live. You need to give them a framework to work with. This is not brainwashing, it is normal child rearing.
Brainwashing is taking an adult who has already been given a framework and attempting to alter that framework. You are washing the brain so that you can establish whatever values and customs you want. Childern are not brainwashed, because there is no existing framework to erase.
As far as the merits of one framework over another, the only common theme I see among many of them is intolerance for other ideas.
It is not built into their margins. It is taken out of the margins. This is a big deal since most of management's bonuses are based on margins, and if you have a high theft rate, your margins, and therefore your paycheck will be lower.
Another thing to consider is that the margins for these stores is typically around 10%. If someone steals 1 item, then the next 10 items sold are going to cover that loss instead of adding their 10% to the profits. One theft nullifies a dozen sales.
so nobody was reading the allegedly false biography.
It is up to the people presenting the argument to prove their allegedly true story, not for someone else to disprove it. You cannot assert a fact just because it cannot be disproven - you need to provide evidence in support of your assertion.
Unfortuneately, many people do not realize this. This is a big contributor to the membership of the tinfoil hat brigade, UFO nuts, and young earth creationists.
We all have deadlines, but is it too much to ask that the editor proofread his own work to make sure it's coherent?
An Author should never be the Editor. When that happens, posts like this happen. This is also why code reviews are used instead of the programmer reviewing his/her own code. You simply don't see your own mistakes because you know what you mean and you skip over the problem without realizing it.
Kinda like the McDonnel-Douglas product survey.
How did you first learn about Linux?
A) The internet
B) A Book
C) At work
D) Was attacked by one
How was your first experience with Linux?
A) Wonderful. No problems whatsoever.
B) Average. Had to rebuild GLIBC for some third party applications.
C) Bad. There was no Install Wizard to help me.
D) Awful. Linux maimed me and destroyed my equipment.
Would you consider using Linux for your application?
A) No, TCO is lower for other systems.
B) Perhaps, but only after a good test run.
C) Absolutely. Gotta get me one of those killer penguins.