Bill Gates is working hard to create a very efficient school system where the good teachers are rewarded. As seen in a recent TED talk, head masters require an appointment to visit a teacher's class and may not demand to sit in more than one day a year. Without transparency there is no incentive for a teacher to become better at teaching. They are busy changing this.
I do not click on any "purchase" button in google to see how much an item costs, as I'm sure they have all my banking and address details stored and might just reply "this item will be shipped to this address at this price"
Somewhere the manager/funder needs to make a weighed decision on which risks to take and which to spend time and money on investigating. Unfortunately, on the Challenger, he made the wrong call. Fortunately, on the millions of other projects that do succeed, the right calls are made.
I reckon in every launch there will be some crack head who says this is too dangerous or has fundamental flaws. Excluding the mother and/or wife of the explorer. Afterwards these crack heads only get attention if they are right.
If I predict disaster on every launch for this or that reason and post it on youtube (and delete the video it if there is no disaster), I might become famous on the one time that disaster strikes.
I'm sure Americans will be searching for another planet since they are not willing to put in the slightest effort to save the environment or help reduce climate change. They did not ratifying the Kyoto Protocoll and now they start the COP17 meeting in South Africa with "we're not doing anything unless China and other countries does something as well".
China has around 4 times the population of America. How can America say anything before China exceeds their emissions by 4 times. I was hoping America would pitch up and bring some leadership with them, for instance "we understand the problem and we will start by bringing down our emissions by 10% in the next five years, no matter what the rest of the world does", but instead all we get is selfishness. I am tired of America and glad that their relative wealth to the rest of the world is falling as this is getting old.
If I was a spy, I would set the spying device on the router I've created to activate after a number of hours has passed. Say after it has been switched on for at least 2 months and continuously for a week.
Catch me if you can!
I am more concerned about the information they have about me that I did not give me. A friend of mine recently registered a new user and the first thing Facebook asks is if she knew these people. A list of friends and family of her. How did Facebook get this information?
Technology in South Africa is being developed at a rapid pace as their bid for SKA is gaining ground. With the completion of the first 7 antennas on the KAT-7 project, the first use of composite materials for dish reflectors. With Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, Zambia, Mauritius, Madagascar, Kenya and Ghana partnering with South Africa in the bid, Africa seems to have overcome all the major obstacles associated with the project. Nokia is willing to supply the 15 petabyte per second infrastructure and EMSS Antennas have already built the first seven cryogenic low noise amplifiers. 64 dishes for the MeerKAT project has just been approved and after completion it will be one of the largest, most sensitive radio telescopes in the world." Link to Original Source
And in this way you keep African farmers unable to compete in a fair market which in turns prevent them from utilizing their farm land. So you have overseas companies extracting oil from Africa, subsidizing farmers in their home countries, bribing African officials to prevent them from nationalizing their resources and the poor remain poor.
I am concerned with the amount of engineers America churns out. Isn't engineers and scientist at the basis of innovation? You can't really create that hovering car or see-through airplane without them.
Perhaps it is easier to outsource the engineering functions to countries where they are paid less.
On the other hand, what is it people are looking for more and more? When I arrive home I want to check out an awesome TV program. We've got the TV-thing figured out - just import it from China - but good shows are still in high demand.
As an engineer in South Africa, I must agree with the chap in an above comment that we are doing quite well, but perhaps it is because South Africa has difficulty finding many people with the required maths abilities.
My skype just keeps on crashing and my colleague working on Linux experiences the same problem.
I've checked with five other colleagues and their skype is working fine, so the problem is clearly intermittend
Everyday I travel by car, I feel this frustration that the car still needs me. Having to stop at traffic lights as the cars aren't synchronized and worrying that I might be distracted when the car in front of me brakes suddenly are only two of my gripes with driving the car myself.
Most people do not have a problem if the world knows what they do at work. Most of the time the publicity is more of a benefit than a drawback. This is what makes Facebook so popular.
I don't see this becoming a massive problem. The Japanese will work regardless if it costs their lives (recalling Kamakazi pilots) until the problem is as SAFE AS THEY CAN GET IT.
Priority is the power lines, which have reached the plant already. These will be connected soon and the pumps will work, ensuring enough water to cool the reactors down. Radioactive Cesium and Iodine will continue to leak, but as is clear by now, the radiation from these dissipates quickly. If the pumps do not work as planned, they will continue with the helicopters and fire rescue and military trucks until they get it working.
I don't get the public reaction. Why is America so afraid? Japan is facing the biggest disaster since World War II and all bloody America cares is about bloody America, blaming and accusing the Japanese of every stupid thing they can think about.
This is like a well fed family man walking past a neighbor, who is trapped under a tree, and freaking out that the dying man will infect him. Why not help the dying man and stop accusing him of walking past the tree?
I wish I was the supplier of radiation medication in America. I would like to have that market.
Overexposure to radiation is not a "made up" science and there are standards set to ensure that the radiation on school grounds remain below the standard. The easiest way to determine the level of radiation is to use the IXUS software, but with NARDA safety equipment, the levels could be measured.
The problem is getting a fiber in the ground in the first place. Ensure that it is easily upgrade-able and bob's your uncle. Copper sucks against fiber in the long run.
I can't imagine employing engineers without getting hold of a copy of Magus first. Granted, I'm biased as Magus is just the most awesome antenna design tool ever created.
Depending on the inverse square law, these transmitters may be very far away from the hives in question and their effect very small, but I am interested in the bees' activity near these transmitters as they do transmit 10 or 20 times more power than cell phone base stations. Though the frequency is different, so is the frequency of high tension power lines in which other studies were performed.
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Bill Gates is working hard to create a very efficient school system where the good teachers are rewarded. As seen in a recent TED talk, head masters require an appointment to visit a teacher's class and may not demand to sit in more than one day a year. Without transparency there is no incentive for a teacher to become better at teaching. They are busy changing this.
I do not click on any "purchase" button in google to see how much an item costs, as I'm sure they have all my banking and address details stored and might just reply "this item will be shipped to this address at this price"
Somewhere the manager/funder needs to make a weighed decision on which risks to take and which to spend time and money on investigating. Unfortunately, on the Challenger, he made the wrong call. Fortunately, on the millions of other projects that do succeed, the right calls are made.
I reckon in every launch there will be some crack head who says this is too dangerous or has fundamental flaws. Excluding the mother and/or wife of the explorer. Afterwards these crack heads only get attention if they are right.
If I predict disaster on every launch for this or that reason and post it on youtube (and delete the video it if there is no disaster), I might become famous on the one time that disaster strikes.
I'm sure Americans will be searching for another planet since they are not willing to put in the slightest effort to save the environment or help reduce climate change. They did not ratifying the Kyoto Protocoll and now they start the COP17 meeting in South Africa with "we're not doing anything unless China and other countries does something as well".
China has around 4 times the population of America. How can America say anything before China exceeds their emissions by 4 times. I was hoping America would pitch up and bring some leadership with them, for instance "we understand the problem and we will start by bringing down our emissions by 10% in the next five years, no matter what the rest of the world does", but instead all we get is selfishness. I am tired of America and glad that their relative wealth to the rest of the world is falling as this is getting old.
If I was a spy, I would set the spying device on the router I've created to activate after a number of hours has passed. Say after it has been switched on for at least 2 months and continuously for a week. Catch me if you can!
I am more concerned about the information they have about me that I did not give me. A friend of mine recently registered a new user and the first thing Facebook asks is if she knew these people. A list of friends and family of her. How did Facebook get this information?
Technology in South Africa is being developed at a rapid pace as their bid for SKA is gaining ground. With the completion of the first 7 antennas on the KAT-7 project, the first use of composite materials for dish reflectors. With Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, Zambia, Mauritius, Madagascar, Kenya and Ghana partnering with South Africa in the bid, Africa seems to have overcome all the major obstacles associated with the project. Nokia is willing to supply the 15 petabyte per second infrastructure and EMSS Antennas have already built the first seven cryogenic low noise amplifiers. 64 dishes for the MeerKAT project has just been approved and after completion it will be one of the largest, most sensitive radio telescopes in the world."
Link to Original Source
And in this way you keep African farmers unable to compete in a fair market which in turns prevent them from utilizing their farm land. So you have overseas companies extracting oil from Africa, subsidizing farmers in their home countries, bribing African officials to prevent them from nationalizing their resources and the poor remain poor.
I am concerned with the amount of engineers America churns out. Isn't engineers and scientist at the basis of innovation? You can't really create that hovering car or see-through airplane without them. Perhaps it is easier to outsource the engineering functions to countries where they are paid less. On the other hand, what is it people are looking for more and more? When I arrive home I want to check out an awesome TV program. We've got the TV-thing figured out - just import it from China - but good shows are still in high demand. As an engineer in South Africa, I must agree with the chap in an above comment that we are doing quite well, but perhaps it is because South Africa has difficulty finding many people with the required maths abilities.
My skype just keeps on crashing and my colleague working on Linux experiences the same problem. I've checked with five other colleagues and their skype is working fine, so the problem is clearly intermittend
Everyday I travel by car, I feel this frustration that the car still needs me. Having to stop at traffic lights as the cars aren't synchronized and worrying that I might be distracted when the car in front of me brakes suddenly are only two of my gripes with driving the car myself.
Most people do not have a problem if the world knows what they do at work. Most of the time the publicity is more of a benefit than a drawback. This is what makes Facebook so popular.
I don't see this becoming a massive problem. The Japanese will work regardless if it costs their lives (recalling Kamakazi pilots) until the problem is as SAFE AS THEY CAN GET IT. Priority is the power lines, which have reached the plant already. These will be connected soon and the pumps will work, ensuring enough water to cool the reactors down. Radioactive Cesium and Iodine will continue to leak, but as is clear by now, the radiation from these dissipates quickly. If the pumps do not work as planned, they will continue with the helicopters and fire rescue and military trucks until they get it working. I don't get the public reaction. Why is America so afraid? Japan is facing the biggest disaster since World War II and all bloody America cares is about bloody America, blaming and accusing the Japanese of every stupid thing they can think about. This is like a well fed family man walking past a neighbor, who is trapped under a tree, and freaking out that the dying man will infect him. Why not help the dying man and stop accusing him of walking past the tree? I wish I was the supplier of radiation medication in America. I would like to have that market.
Need money to talk a lot.
Cell phones are making us smarter and here's the proof! I always knew that first world countries excelled due to an unknown unfair advantage!
Yeah, but we will only be able to read it on wikileaks. One day.
and 60 GB of SSD perhaps?
Overexposure to radiation is not a "made up" science and there are standards set to ensure that the radiation on school grounds remain below the standard. The easiest way to determine the level of radiation is to use the IXUS software, but with NARDA safety equipment, the levels could be measured.
The problem is getting a fiber in the ground in the first place. Ensure that it is easily upgrade-able and bob's your uncle. Copper sucks against fiber in the long run.
I can't imagine employing engineers without getting hold of a copy of Magus first. Granted, I'm biased as Magus is just the most awesome antenna design tool ever created.
Depending on the inverse square law, these transmitters may be very far away from the hives in question and their effect very small, but I am interested in the bees' activity near these transmitters as they do transmit 10 or 20 times more power than cell phone base stations. Though the frequency is different, so is the frequency of high tension power lines in which other studies were performed.
sounds like a volunteer to me
I found software written by EMSS that can simulate the radiation danger zones (ICNIRP standard) around cell phone base stations on buildings for anyone interested. The evaluation version gives some interesting results. Don't know if it will work for wi-fi, though.