Yes, but Norway, like Sweden, is a small country with a relativly rare terrain type.
And, like has been said, we've actually lost hydroelectric capacity due to ecological concerns. Though I think that we've maintained production from increases in efficiency in the remaining dams.
Most mines now replace the tailings into the mine once they're done with the mine. So while they do have to do some work to safely store the tailings in the short term, it ends up more or less neutral. Especially in areas where they have multiple shafts, and they put the tailings from the new mine shaft down the old mine shaft. Due to processing, they should be able to stuff a little more into each mine than just the tailings from that mine, given that they are removing material.
Also, the tailings issue comes up with just about every mine, whether it be lead, iron, copper, or the more rare elements.
Not really, the thing about AC is that it's very easy to adjust it's voltage with a transformer. It's also safer than DC of the same voltage, so unless you really want to run heavy lines, we're better off with AC for the moment.
Though I do agree with you that doing little things like turning off the TV, lights, playstations, etc will help. Not only in saving electricity directly, but also likely the need for air conditioning.
Sure, we could power the services/appliances that homes had in the 1950's home with green electricity today(using modern power efficient appliances), but do we really want to go back to that?
That being said, 24% of our coastline is still a HUGE amount of area, especially when the graphic in the article included Alaska & Hawaii. And that's only to match hydroelectric, 7% of total electricity generation? At 50% efficiency I'll note that increasing efficiency would likely have more effects on the enviroment, which would make the power less 'green'.
That's for a Swedish 24 security - three officers, all with background checks working 8 hour shifts, two with 500% overtime. In the US you can get a gun totin' ex con with a chronic speed problem to be a 24 hour rent-a-cop for much less.
Um, you do realize that a ex con isn't legally allowed to carry or own a firearm, even in the USA?
There's an awful lot of unarmed 'security' even in the states, as you need to go up a few cuts in employee quality and training before you start handing out the firearms. Of course, guns are common enough in the states that I consider unarmed 'security' not much more than uniformed witnesses.
Think about it, you need at least four guards to have 100% coverage 24/7, and that's not including restroom breaks, training, vacation, or sick time.
That gives you $50k per guard, per year. That's not enough in the USA for armed security, that's barely enough for a guard who's marginally less likely to steal stuff than somebody else.
More realisticly you'll need at least 6-8 guards (once you get 4-5 guards you're going to need a supervisor). Then you're getting into minimum wage territory.
Given that they're a market, the GM companies will market the seeds for less than they do in the United States. The problem comes in that they want the money every year, the farmer can't reseed. So it's a tough financial decision.
As for starving nations, it's been said that in most cases they're starving not because of lack of food or transportation to get it there, but because of the political/war situation in the area. Usually those people are starving because the government/opposing faction in the area wants them to be starving, and are willing to back that up with weapons.
eventually contributing to more unemployment, especially among unskilled labour).
Uh, farming isn't exactly unskilled labour anymore. And if you're talking about hands to harvest, GM crops don't magically elminate that need.
Well, there's "golden rice" that contains a nutrient not found in natural rice, but as I understand it, that was done by a non-profit group or something. But yes, most of it isn't any better nutriciously than the other mass market large-production crop types. There are usually other breeds that don't produce as much, but have better nutricion/taste.
And how are you going to get them to pick up the phone and call if they aren't motivated?
Besides, having a 'perfect' picture isn't really the point. Why spend more money that can be used elsewhere in the investigation? I wouoldn't mind having a border around the interpolated areas, so I know what to consider 'interpolated' and what's real.
Think about the 'Most Wanted' shows. Here you have a re-enactment of the crime, with a mugshot asking for clues. They caught how many criminals?
Not really, remember that the new scope would mostly be just another hubble, built off the same design plans, with the 'additional work' being the work previously planned for the service mission, but done on the ground.
Security is a bit different from Encryption. Remember, we're trying to proctect a physical object. Pretend you're trying to reinforce a castle. Are you going to try to make the south wall 500 feet high while the north wall is still only a lousy 10 feet?
Not even quantum crypography will protect against a group that simply hacks through the wall, avoiding your one time pad lock completely.
Sure make the lock, but afte a bit, a lojack type system makes more sense. Heck, a couple kilos of plastic in each car would reduce theft pretty quickly... Pretty expensive on cars.
The car also refuses to lock if the key is in the passenger compartment
Ouch, the carjackers must really love this part! One of the best defenses against carjackers is a locked car.
Of course, all this electronic security doesn't mean anything when the car thief comes along with a tow-truck. I saw a video where they were showing a repo man who had a tow system built into a van. All he had to do was back up and it would grab and lift the car automatically. I can't remember if he did anything to insure that the parking brake wasn't on, but he could grab a car faster than most people can park.
Mechanical and electronic security, done right, compliment and suppliment each other.
In the sense that you're trading electronic security for mechanical security, it comes from rather than spending money to increase the complexity or strength of the key/lock, you add an electronic verification. Thus, if the electronic part is compromised, you only have to beat an ignition no more complicated than an entry level honda.
Some early cars, before the advent of electronics capable of half decent security, had kill switches in hidden spots. There were all sorts of tricks.
I remember one where you had to put a foot on a switch under one of the pedals to start the car.
Security comes in multiple types: 1. Misdirection - Makes the target look worth less than it is. Hollowed Books 2. Prevention - attempts to stop the attacker from accessing the target. A door w/lock. 3. Notification - alerts others of an attempt. - Siren, creaky floors, cameras 4. Disablement - tries to remove the ability of the attackers to succeed. Armed Guards, kill switches, claymores...
Any security is vulnerable. The more elements you have on the list, the better the security. I also listed them in rough order of effectiveness.
But he's not. He's saying they(feminists) proclaim that all men are rapists
He's not saying that all feminists say all men are rapists. There are different degrees of feminist, but unfortuantly you often hear only the most extreme. There's a reason that the terms such as Femenazi are used by some people. It's to allow them to easily distinguish between the really militant feminists and the ones who simply want equal treatment.
It's kinda like I'm for the non-discriminatory laws, however, I'm against affirmative action.
A number of comments here. 1. Many people view the '50s through tinted glasses. Either they think it was perfect (it wasn't), or they think it was terrible (it wasn't). 2. As for the girl 'not letting any man control her life', well, if she's not supporting herself, then daddy does indeed control her life, it's just that she's happy within the boundries that he places. After all, if he doesn't like what she does, he can withdraw his funding.
Anglo-saxon countries are dominated by bourgeois, and bourgeois politics is always petty, dominated by the short-term, by strictly local policies at the expense of everything else, and solely catering the more powerful/wealthy.
Yeah, and that's why Ango-saxon countries lag the rest of the world in wealth, have constant civil wars, and have the poorest average quality of life. The people of Africa, India, and Asia have it soo much better.
You have an interesting definition of "Bourgeois". It's not straight from Marx. You see, given Marx's definition, the Bourgeois do think in terms of future gain and investment. After all, it's how they manage to keep in power. Investing in a factory is a long term investment, contrary to your statement. They can at least think in the mid-term.
I wonder, how would you view me? I own stock and bonds, but I work for a living.
I remember my base having the taxiways designed to be alternative takeoff runways. IE, using the main runway, 2 fighters could take off at a time, but under emergency conditions, they could get it up to six or so. As in, the entire wing's planes off the ground in under three minutes or so. You just didn't want to try to land on them...
FOD:Foreign Object Damage, basically when an object on the runway damages the plane, usually by being sucked into the engines. FOD check: Walking the area looking for anything loose than can cause damage. Rocks, tools, junk...
There is a certain necessary size to make tickets reasonable. After all, no matter how small you make it, you have to pay for two pilots and airport fees. ~250 passangers seems quite a bit, but if you have less than that, there's already commuter planes. But 250 would allow for convention trips and such without many problems. It's probably some sweet spot.
I don't see the hub-spoke system going away, but I do see the hubs getting smaller and more numerous.
Loading a 747 already takes forever. I wish that they'd do what they do in disney. Line everybody up outside in order by seat, and have them go in order, window seats first. Or send odd/even seats from the rear. Something.
One of the nice things about the 7E7 would be that it's quick for it's size. While a runway can only handle one plane at a time, you have to have a certain distance between planes, and the 380 would require more, as it disrupts the air substantially behind it.
When you're buying that kind of fiber, you can buy whatever kind you want.
When 2 pair costs $.20 per foot, without install costs, and 12 pair costs $.30 per foot, and it costs the same $10 a foot to bury the sucker, you might as well guard against future expansion, breakage and whatnot by installing the 12 pair. Standardizing on 12 pair also simplifies inventory work. I've heard that many telco's standardized on 12 pair everywhere except for major, major backbones because the savings from standardized purchasing, inventory, and etc made it cheaper.
I've already dropped several hundred at webscriptions. I own about 60% of the months. They're the only electronic format that I'll buy. I love reading books in HTML.
I installed a "secure" reader once, it FUBAR'd my system until I removed it. Never again. It didn't even have a bookmark feature!
I thought one of the advantages of HDDVD is that it doesn't change out the laser. The Blue-ray needs a different laser, but HDDVD doesn't. The diference between HDDVD and DVD is that HDDVD uses a form of MPEG4 versus MPEG2, allowing higher resolution without increasing the bandwidth too much.
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Yes, but Norway, like Sweden, is a small country with a relativly rare terrain type.
And, like has been said, we've actually lost hydroelectric capacity due to ecological concerns. Though I think that we've maintained production from increases in efficiency in the remaining dams.
Most mines now replace the tailings into the mine once they're done with the mine. So while they do have to do some work to safely store the tailings in the short term, it ends up more or less neutral. Especially in areas where they have multiple shafts, and they put the tailings from the new mine shaft down the old mine shaft. Due to processing, they should be able to stuff a little more into each mine than just the tailings from that mine, given that they are removing material.
Also, the tailings issue comes up with just about every mine, whether it be lead, iron, copper, or the more rare elements.
Not really, the thing about AC is that it's very easy to adjust it's voltage with a transformer. It's also safer than DC of the same voltage, so unless you really want to run heavy lines, we're better off with AC for the moment.
Though I do agree with you that doing little things like turning off the TV, lights, playstations, etc will help. Not only in saving electricity directly, but also likely the need for air conditioning.
Sure, we could power the services/appliances that homes had in the 1950's home with green electricity today(using modern power efficient appliances), but do we really want to go back to that?
That being said, 24% of our coastline is still a HUGE amount of area, especially when the graphic in the article included Alaska & Hawaii. And that's only to match hydroelectric, 7% of total electricity generation? At 50% efficiency I'll note that increasing efficiency would likely have more effects on the enviroment, which would make the power less 'green'.
Sorry, but my definition of an "ex convict" tends to be for felons. Somebody who does thirty days in jail for DUI doesn't really count.
Differences in definitions I guess.
That's for a Swedish 24 security - three officers, all with background checks working 8 hour shifts, two with 500% overtime. In the US you can get a gun totin' ex con with a chronic speed problem to be a 24 hour rent-a-cop for much less.
Um, you do realize that a ex con isn't legally allowed to carry or own a firearm, even in the USA?
There's an awful lot of unarmed 'security' even in the states, as you need to go up a few cuts in employee quality and training before you start handing out the firearms. Of course, guns are common enough in the states that I consider unarmed 'security' not much more than uniformed witnesses.
Or more.
Think about it, you need at least four guards to have 100% coverage 24/7, and that's not including restroom breaks, training, vacation, or sick time.
That gives you $50k per guard, per year. That's not enough in the USA for armed security, that's barely enough for a guard who's marginally less likely to steal stuff than somebody else.
More realisticly you'll need at least 6-8 guards (once you get 4-5 guards you're going to need a supervisor). Then you're getting into minimum wage territory.
Given that they're a market, the GM companies will market the seeds for less than they do in the United States. The problem comes in that they want the money every year, the farmer can't reseed. So it's a tough financial decision.
As for starving nations, it's been said that in most cases they're starving not because of lack of food or transportation to get it there, but because of the political/war situation in the area. Usually those people are starving because the government/opposing faction in the area wants them to be starving, and are willing to back that up with weapons.
eventually contributing to more unemployment, especially among unskilled labour).
Uh, farming isn't exactly unskilled labour anymore. And if you're talking about hands to harvest, GM crops don't magically elminate that need.
genetically modified food doesn't offer nutrional advantages over regular non-GM food.
Well, there's "golden rice" that contains a nutrient not found in natural rice, but as I understand it, that was done by a non-profit group or something. But yes, most of it isn't any better nutriciously than the other mass market large-production crop types. There are usually other breeds that don't produce as much, but have better nutricion/taste.
This is why they charge more for the business customers... They get American/English customer support
And don't forget that parents have been prosecuted for taking photos of their baby during bath time and such.
And how are you going to get them to pick up the phone and call if they aren't motivated?
Besides, having a 'perfect' picture isn't really the point. Why spend more money that can be used elsewhere in the investigation? I wouoldn't mind having a border around the interpolated areas, so I know what to consider 'interpolated' and what's real.
Think about the 'Most Wanted' shows. Here you have a re-enactment of the crime, with a mugshot asking for clues. They caught how many criminals?
Not really, remember that the new scope would mostly be just another hubble, built off the same design plans, with the 'additional work' being the work previously planned for the service mission, but done on the ground.
Depends. Did he win the competition, including safety benchmarks?
Security is a bit different from Encryption. Remember, we're trying to proctect a physical object. Pretend you're trying to reinforce a castle. Are you going to try to make the south wall 500 feet high while the north wall is still only a lousy 10 feet?
Not even quantum crypography will protect against a group that simply hacks through the wall, avoiding your one time pad lock completely.
Sure make the lock, but afte a bit, a lojack type system makes more sense. Heck, a couple kilos of plastic in each car would reduce theft pretty quickly... Pretty expensive on cars.
The car also refuses to lock if the key is in the passenger compartment
Ouch, the carjackers must really love this part! One of the best defenses against carjackers is a locked car.
Of course, all this electronic security doesn't mean anything when the car thief comes along with a tow-truck. I saw a video where they were showing a repo man who had a tow system built into a van. All he had to do was back up and it would grab and lift the car automatically. I can't remember if he did anything to insure that the parking brake wasn't on, but he could grab a car faster than most people can park.
Mechanical and electronic security, done right, compliment and suppliment each other.
In the sense that you're trading electronic security for mechanical security, it comes from rather than spending money to increase the complexity or strength of the key/lock, you add an electronic verification. Thus, if the electronic part is compromised, you only have to beat an ignition no more complicated than an entry level honda.
Some early cars, before the advent of electronics capable of half decent security, had kill switches in hidden spots. There were all sorts of tricks.
I remember one where you had to put a foot on a switch under one of the pedals to start the car.
Security comes in multiple types:
1. Misdirection - Makes the target look worth less than it is. Hollowed Books
2. Prevention - attempts to stop the attacker from accessing the target. A door w/lock.
3. Notification - alerts others of an attempt. - Siren, creaky floors, cameras
4. Disablement - tries to remove the ability of the attackers to succeed. Armed Guards, kill switches, claymores...
Any security is vulnerable. The more elements you have on the list, the better the security. I also listed them in rough order of effectiveness.
I wouldn't mind a Larger phone, with larger batteries that doubles as a mp3 player, but without the integrated speaker/microphone.
;).
After all, I already exclusivly use a handsfree earplug. Add another one for stereo, and it wouldn't be bad at all.
Add a little more size for a bigger screen, and you have a PDA
all feminists say all men
But he's not. He's saying they(feminists) proclaim that all men are rapists
He's not saying that all feminists say all men are rapists. There are different degrees of feminist, but unfortuantly you often hear only the most extreme. There's a reason that the terms such as Femenazi are used by some people. It's to allow them to easily distinguish between the really militant feminists and the ones who simply want equal treatment.
It's kinda like I'm for the non-discriminatory laws, however, I'm against affirmative action.
A number of comments here.
1. Many people view the '50s through tinted glasses. Either they think it was perfect (it wasn't), or they think it was terrible (it wasn't).
2. As for the girl 'not letting any man control her life', well, if she's not supporting herself, then daddy does indeed control her life, it's just that she's happy within the boundries that he places. After all, if he doesn't like what she does, he can withdraw his funding.
Anglo-saxon countries are dominated by bourgeois, and bourgeois politics is always petty, dominated by the short-term, by strictly local policies at the expense of everything else, and solely catering the more powerful/wealthy.
Yeah, and that's why Ango-saxon countries lag the rest of the world in wealth, have constant civil wars, and have the poorest average quality of life. The people of Africa, India, and Asia have it soo much better.
You have an interesting definition of "Bourgeois". It's not straight from Marx. You see, given Marx's definition, the Bourgeois do think in terms of future gain and investment. After all, it's how they manage to keep in power. Investing in a factory is a long term investment, contrary to your statement. They can at least think in the mid-term.
I wonder, how would you view me? I own stock and bonds, but I work for a living.
I remember that!
I remember my base having the taxiways designed to be alternative takeoff runways. IE, using the main runway, 2 fighters could take off at a time, but under emergency conditions, they could get it up to six or so. As in, the entire wing's planes off the ground in under three minutes or so. You just didn't want to try to land on them...
I'd hate to have to FOD check that runway!
FOD:Foreign Object Damage, basically when an object on the runway damages the plane, usually by being sucked into the engines.
FOD check: Walking the area looking for anything loose than can cause damage. Rocks, tools, junk...
There is a certain necessary size to make tickets reasonable. After all, no matter how small you make it, you have to pay for two pilots and airport fees. ~250 passangers seems quite a bit, but if you have less than that, there's already commuter planes. But 250 would allow for convention trips and such without many problems. It's probably some sweet spot.
I don't see the hub-spoke system going away, but I do see the hubs getting smaller and more numerous.
Loading a 747 already takes forever. I wish that they'd do what they do in disney. Line everybody up outside in order by seat, and have them go in order, window seats first. Or send odd/even seats from the rear. Something.
One of the nice things about the 7E7 would be that it's quick for it's size. While a runway can only handle one plane at a time, you have to have a certain distance between planes, and the 380 would require more, as it disrupts the air substantially behind it.
When you're buying that kind of fiber, you can buy whatever kind you want.
When 2 pair costs $.20 per foot, without install costs, and 12 pair costs $.30 per foot, and it costs the same $10 a foot to bury the sucker, you might as well guard against future expansion, breakage and whatnot by installing the 12 pair. Standardizing on 12 pair also simplifies inventory work. I've heard that many telco's standardized on 12 pair everywhere except for major, major backbones because the savings from standardized purchasing, inventory, and etc made it cheaper.
*all costs are estimated
hehehehehehe....
I've already dropped several hundred at webscriptions. I own about 60% of the months. They're the only electronic format that I'll buy. I love reading books in HTML.
I installed a "secure" reader once, it FUBAR'd my system until I removed it. Never again. It didn't even have a bookmark feature!
I thought one of the advantages of HDDVD is that it doesn't change out the laser. The Blue-ray needs a different laser, but HDDVD doesn't. The diference between HDDVD and DVD is that HDDVD uses a form of MPEG4 versus MPEG2, allowing higher resolution without increasing the bandwidth too much.