I have to agree with you, in the "It's so sad it's funny".
Now talking about the military is fine, but I do think that we sometimes have a dangerous amount of sexual inhibition.
Depending on where you're at, the "talking about the military" doesn't cover many of the uglier aspects either though. It's not like you see footage of people dying on the daily news.
equally-good alternatives available that do not have such restrictions
Thus explaining why ebooks hasn't really taken off, and why it took so long for the online pay music services to succeed. They have to provide a better product easier than the pirates, who don't use any sort of DRM. Come on MPAA & RIAA, DRM is NOT a feature!
The stereotypical macho(hetero) man is unwilling to engage in sexual affairs with another man, in any form. This extends to watching porn. Thus, you're left with only women. Watching one woman masturbate is limited fun, so you have a group of them.;).
Simple enough. A Factory system requires, without modification, x number of workers. This is a factory for exporting product, so the demand is steady.
Japan is a big exporter of finished goods.
As Japan discourages immigration, their birth rate is about the only thing maintaining the population. So, since they're not having enough kids, the average population grows older. As the current generation of factory workers reaches retirement age, there's something like only 1 replacement available for every 2 that retire.
And that brings up another reason for the shortage: More manpower is going to be taken up in care for the elderly/retired, as the american baby boomer problem is nothing on the japanese one. Japan is actually looking at having > 50% of their population retired!
As the labor market grows tighter, you have options. 1. Pay more to draw workers from other areas to keep your production going (problem:Your goods are more expensive) 2. reduce production(problem:you make less money, the production lines are optimized for a certain number of workers, you loose efficiency.) 3. Automate more tasks (potential problem: capital costs of the equipment, require skilled workers to maintain them). Japan has lots of capital, skilled workers, and a looming labor reduction. They picked option 3.
Like what was said before, they're averaging only 1.43 births per woman, considerably less than the 2.1 or so needed just to maintain the population level. Their population is dropping rather quickly.
It is well accepted that it is a moral duty for society to take care of the old, just as it takes care of the young.
Says who? I can see supporting the infirm, however life expectincy and quality of life have extended enough that many people reaching retirement age are still capable of working in many tasks.
Let's just face the truth: A system designed to pay off 1 person for every 20 or so paying into the pot tends to break down when that number heads towards 1 for every 3 paying. Adjustments need to be made.
This most likely wasn't broadband over powerlines in the sense of this article. It was probably more along the line of an apartment LAN over the building's power grid, with the actual broadband coming in on a different system, such as a fractional T1, and they had a closet with more modems hooked up to the power wires going to the individual apartments.
They've had systems for years that can run 10 mbit ethernet or so through the powerlines in a house. It would save alot of effort versus running more wire.
1. The roads are icy. 2. The cold means frostbite very quickly. 3. High winds 4. Safer route: The highway is the only route. There are some backroads, but they aren't paved, are out of my way, and not traveled enough to get me help quickly if I have an accident. 5. Cold weather gear: I'd need to cover every body part, and my current gear is too bulky for bike riding.
Thanks. I guess my point is that a smarter compression codec allows you to improve something, whether it be size of file, resolution, or artifacts.
For your.2-.25 figure, what codec is this for? The older codecs take more bits for good performance, don't they?
The difference between.2 and.25 is still a 25% increase. I've heard that at least one of the HDTV ideas uses almost standard DVD's, with very little added capacity, but changes the scheme to some sort of MPEG-4. Even though you probably get a few more artifacts with the higher compression, the higher resolution makes them less noticable.
I've read that tests have shown that more compression while keeping the higher resolution generally has better results.
Better compression will allow DVD's to carry more HDTV. If a smarter compression allows for a higher resolution to be kept, it's for the better. The higher the resoultion, the less a small artifact will be noticed.
The rich always get richer. Is that a bad thing, if the poor get richer too?
Looks a little wierd. Are you trying to say that walmart hires illegal aliens for $12 a day, and that the illegal spends $4 for food, $6 for shelter, $2 for heat, netting the illegal $2 profit per day. Of course, this adds up to $14, but still.
Hiring illegals is illegal. I think that it should be easier for them to enter legally, making it easier to make the immoral employers hire people legally.
I did some google searching, and it seems that most illegals don't earn anything close to that. If they're working at walmart, they've most likely forged papers to get the job. That means that they're paying withholding and taxes and all that.
Here's another one for you: The employer hires a person on welfare "under the table" for x$ an hour. The income isn't reported or taxed.
Pretty bloody good, actually. Do you have bags to carry groceries?
Did you get a lock for it? Have you done any maintenance on it?
BTW, it hits -30 where I live. I work over 15 miles away, and I don't trust the highway I'd have to take to work. I start work early, it's usually dark when I arrive.
If I lived further south, and was within about 10 miles, I'd look into it more.
I've thought about this before. We can't stop the dopers. What we can do is just throw up our hands, lay out rules for the "natural athletes" and have "unlimited" leagues.
The rules: You're caught doping, you're kicked into the unlimited leagues.
As you say, you'll have people who watch the "enhanced" events for the records, and you'll have people who watch the normal events for the more interesting, more "down to earth" plays.
Also, many of the better players will stay in the natural leagues, because their talents and that they don't desire to wreck their bodies as much. Professional (american)football, for example, wrecks player's bodies pretty badly even without steroids and such. They have the training to the point that you don't really need steroids, and muscle is much easier to strengthen than bone, or even more importantly, the ligaments and tendons.
Phhbt. Dream on- MLB is thrilled at the doping. They "hate" it publicly, but privately they squeal like little children when Joe Dope smashes the baseball out of the park. Home runs and high scores bring in the crowds. Singles and scoreless games don't.
MLB actually has a number of options to "balance" the game. Just how far out the outfield goes, the height of the pitcher's mound(measured to the 1/8 of an inch). On the other hand, I can be a conspiricy theorist and say that the backers want a bit of scandal to revive interest.
As for the advertisers, like has been said, I see the "enhancers" getting adverts from medical companies, while the sports equipment companies will split with both, but probably go heavy on the natural.
A couple times. Also, I don't dress like a punk, don't live in the city, or fit the profile. By the time I get to the checkout I've been through the whole store and am likely carrying a number of other , more expensive products.
I've done this a couple times with small items. I'll be shopping without a cart, pick it up and stick it in a coat pocket. It's annoying because I then have to turn around go back and buy it(Yes, I am that crazy honest).
Of course, as a kid I was notorious at the local bookstore for picking out my books, realizing that I don't have the money, walking out with the books to the local ATM, getting the money, walking back and paying.
Fortuantly my mother and I were well known good customers at that store.
i dont know if i would say something if i saw someone say... opening a video card box at best buy and shoving a raedon down thier pants (or putting it in a bag
I would. That person is raising the costs of the store I'm shopping at, therefore raising the price they can sell at. In a indirect way, they're stealing from me. I'd tell management about it.
but if someone is poor and can't afford food
There's plenty of programs out there. There were a few countries that decriminalized theft of food. It was a disaster.
inventory shrinkage is a fact and people who work in retail know that.
And people look at anti-theft systems based on shrinkage amounts, the cost of the system and it's effectivness. Why does walmart hire secret shoppers at a cost of $20 an hour? Because they're worth it. Why do they install those detectors? Again, even though they cost thousands of dollars, it ends up saving them money. Walmart is all about the bottom line.
I guess the problem is, once you have the car(~$400/month payment) and insurance(~$100), any amount you drive is about 12 cents a mile(25mpg car,$2 gallon,$1 maintenance), discounting your time. If you drive a 30mpg car and do your own maintenance, it might cost you 8 cents a mile.
So once you make the decision that you need the car, your monthly cost is $500/month +.12/mile. Now, when I last looked at bus rates, it was $1.25 for a one-way trip. So unless I was going more than 10 miles(15 for the efficient car), it's cheaper for me to drive. Add in "faster" and "more convenient" and I'm going to drive alot. I'll take a cab when flying (Airports not far, and charges for parking).
But then, that's just my situation. If you sit down and figure it out, you can find your own situation. If you live in a primitive arcology, you may be able to do just about everything via elevators, and subway system.
If they put the PRT system into practice, it could deliver stuff right to your building. Hire a building delivery guy to move the stuff right to your location.
Of course, this site brings up some potential problems with PRT (that I don't see as being any different from other mass transit or monorail). And I see the stations being built inside buildings. Not over the street.
Major difference here: These cars have odometers. The moment that a mechanic notices that the odometers don't match an investigation will start.
Cars are worth alot more than bicycles. Also, there's an active reservation system. The bicycle system was one of they're just left in location until needed.
You might manage to impersonate somebody else's card. It'd be just like credit card fraud. They'd eventually develop a system to notice, and when they catch you, well, you're in major trouble.
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I agree. Passenger loading/unloading is the really significant factor. When you have to stop every couple blocks for ~60 seconds to load or unload, it really slows things down.
It was about a 10 mile drive downtown when I was still living with my parents. There's a bus stop less than a block away. Especially during the heavy commuting periods, I could quite literally beat the bus downtown on my bicycle.
If you look at it, personal conveyances have many advantages over traditional mass-transit systems. That's why I like the ideas that bring the advantages of mass transit systems (fuel efficiency, don't have to drive) and personal conveyances (more or less point to point, non-stop, and on-demand).
Do you know how how they used to decide on the distance that was the border between "national waters" and "international waters"?
Really simple. It was the maximum range of coastal guns. If they could reasonably be expected to occasionally nail a craft from the shore at that distance, it was national waters. Otherwise, international.
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I have to agree with you, in the "It's so sad it's funny".
Now talking about the military is fine, but I do think that we sometimes have a dangerous amount of sexual inhibition.
Depending on where you're at, the "talking about the military" doesn't cover many of the uglier aspects either though. It's not like you see footage of people dying on the daily news.
equally-good alternatives available that do not have such restrictions
Thus explaining why ebooks hasn't really taken off, and why it took so long for the online pay music services to succeed. They have to provide a better product easier than the pirates, who don't use any sort of DRM. Come on MPAA & RIAA, DRM is NOT a feature!
It makes perfect sense!
;).
The stereotypical macho(hetero) man is unwilling to engage in sexual affairs with another man, in any form. This extends to watching porn. Thus, you're left with only women. Watching one woman masturbate is limited fun, so you have a group of them.
Simple enough. A Factory system requires, without modification, x number of workers. This is a factory for exporting product, so the demand is steady.
Japan is a big exporter of finished goods.
As Japan discourages immigration, their birth rate is about the only thing maintaining the population. So, since they're not having enough kids, the average population grows older. As the current generation of factory workers reaches retirement age, there's something like only 1 replacement available for every 2 that retire.
And that brings up another reason for the shortage: More manpower is going to be taken up in care for the elderly/retired, as the american baby boomer problem is nothing on the japanese one. Japan is actually looking at having > 50% of their population retired!
As the labor market grows tighter, you have options.
1. Pay more to draw workers from other areas to keep your production going (problem:Your goods are more expensive)
2. reduce production(problem:you make less money, the production lines are optimized for a certain number of workers, you loose efficiency.)
3. Automate more tasks (potential problem: capital costs of the equipment, require skilled workers to maintain them). Japan has lots of capital, skilled workers, and a looming labor reduction. They picked option 3.
Like what was said before, they're averaging only 1.43 births per woman, considerably less than the 2.1 or so needed just to maintain the population level. Their population is dropping rather quickly.
It is well accepted that it is a moral duty for society to take care of the old, just as it takes care of the young.
Says who? I can see supporting the infirm, however life expectincy and quality of life have extended enough that many people reaching retirement age are still capable of working in many tasks.
Let's just face the truth: A system designed to pay off 1 person for every 20 or so paying into the pot tends to break down when that number heads towards 1 for every 3 paying. Adjustments need to be made.
A link showing the technology.
And doesn't the strength of the fiber allow for them to make the wire have more electrical capacity by allowing them to use more conductive material?
This most likely wasn't broadband over powerlines in the sense of this article. It was probably more along the line of an apartment LAN over the building's power grid, with the actual broadband coming in on a different system, such as a fractional T1, and they had a closet with more modems hooked up to the power wires going to the individual apartments.
They've had systems for years that can run 10 mbit ethernet or so through the powerlines in a house. It would save alot of effort versus running more wire.
1. The roads are icy.
2. The cold means frostbite very quickly.
3. High winds
4. Safer route: The highway is the only route. There are some backroads, but they aren't paved, are out of my way, and not traveled enough to get me help quickly if I have an accident.
5. Cold weather gear: I'd need to cover every body part, and my current gear is too bulky for bike riding.
Thanks. I guess my point is that a smarter compression codec allows you to improve something, whether it be size of file, resolution, or artifacts.
.2-.25 figure, what codec is this for? The older codecs take more bits for good performance, don't they?
.2 and .25 is still a 25% increase. I've heard that at least one of the HDTV ideas uses almost standard DVD's, with very little added capacity, but changes the scheme to some sort of MPEG-4. Even though you probably get a few more artifacts with the higher compression, the higher resolution makes them less noticable.
For your
The difference between
I've read that tests have shown that more compression while keeping the higher resolution generally has better results.
Better compression will allow DVD's to carry more HDTV. If a smarter compression allows for a higher resolution to be kept, it's for the better. The higher the resoultion, the less a small artifact will be noticed.
The rich always get richer. Is that a bad thing, if the poor get richer too?
Looks a little wierd. Are you trying to say that walmart hires illegal aliens for $12 a day, and that the illegal spends $4 for food, $6 for shelter, $2 for heat, netting the illegal $2 profit per day. Of course, this adds up to $14, but still.
Hiring illegals is illegal. I think that it should be easier for them to enter legally, making it easier to make the immoral employers hire people legally.
I did some google searching, and it seems that most illegals don't earn anything close to that. If they're working at walmart, they've most likely forged papers to get the job. That means that they're paying withholding and taxes and all that.
Here's another one for you:
The employer hires a person on welfare "under the table" for x$ an hour. The income isn't reported or taxed.
I know that I'd like it myself
I guess the answer might tie into the dead pixel thing.
For a larger panel at the higher resolution they'd have to use smaller pixels, and they might have trouble making the connections.
Would you pay $100+ more for the panel and still have a relatively high number of stuck pixels?
Pretty bloody good, actually. Do you have bags to carry groceries?
Did you get a lock for it? Have you done any maintenance on it?
BTW, it hits -30 where I live. I work over 15 miles away, and I don't trust the highway I'd have to take to work. I start work early, it's usually dark when I arrive.
If I lived further south, and was within about 10 miles, I'd look into it more.
I've thought about this before. We can't stop the dopers. What we can do is just throw up our hands, lay out rules for the "natural athletes" and have "unlimited" leagues.
The rules: You're caught doping, you're kicked into the unlimited leagues.
As you say, you'll have people who watch the "enhanced" events for the records, and you'll have people who watch the normal events for the more interesting, more "down to earth" plays.
Also, many of the better players will stay in the natural leagues, because their talents and that they don't desire to wreck their bodies as much. Professional (american)football, for example, wrecks player's bodies pretty badly even without steroids and such. They have the training to the point that you don't really need steroids, and muscle is much easier to strengthen than bone, or even more importantly, the ligaments and tendons.
Phhbt. Dream on- MLB is thrilled at the doping. They "hate" it publicly, but privately they squeal like little children when Joe Dope smashes the baseball out of the park. Home runs and high scores bring in the crowds. Singles and scoreless games don't.
MLB actually has a number of options to "balance" the game. Just how far out the outfield goes, the height of the pitcher's mound(measured to the 1/8 of an inch). On the other hand, I can be a conspiricy theorist and say that the backers want a bit of scandal to revive interest.
As for the advertisers, like has been said, I see the "enhancers" getting adverts from medical companies, while the sports equipment companies will split with both, but probably go heavy on the natural.
A couple times. Also, I don't dress like a punk, don't live in the city, or fit the profile. By the time I get to the checkout I've been through the whole store and am likely carrying a number of other , more expensive products.
I've also stopped the habit.
This gets hilarious in some states when you use your Concealed Carry permit for identification during the purchase because it makes it easier.
Then they have the manager walk the new, in box, unloaded firearm out for you.
I've done this a couple times with small items. I'll be shopping without a cart, pick it up and stick it in a coat pocket. It's annoying because I then have to turn around go back and buy it(Yes, I am that crazy honest).
Of course, as a kid I was notorious at the local bookstore for picking out my books, realizing that I don't have the money, walking out with the books to the local ATM, getting the money, walking back and paying.
Fortuantly my mother and I were well known good customers at that store.
i dont know if i would say something if i saw someone say... opening a video card box at best buy and shoving a raedon down thier pants (or putting it in a bag
I would. That person is raising the costs of the store I'm shopping at, therefore raising the price they can sell at. In a indirect way, they're stealing from me. I'd tell management about it.
but if someone is poor and can't afford food
There's plenty of programs out there. There were a few countries that decriminalized theft of food. It was a disaster.
inventory shrinkage is a fact and people who work in retail know that.
And people look at anti-theft systems based on shrinkage amounts, the cost of the system and it's effectivness. Why does walmart hire secret shoppers at a cost of $20 an hour? Because they're worth it. Why do they install those detectors? Again, even though they cost thousands of dollars, it ends up saving them money. Walmart is all about the bottom line.
I think the usual factor for benefits and such is an extra 50-100%.
If that $7/hour employee gets medical, it could easily cost walmart $14/hour.
I guess the problem is, once you have the car(~$400/month payment) and insurance(~$100), any amount you drive is about 12 cents a mile(25mpg car,$2 gallon,$1 maintenance), discounting your time. If you drive a 30mpg car and do your own maintenance, it might cost you 8 cents a mile.
.12/mile. Now, when I last looked at bus rates, it was $1.25 for a one-way trip. So unless I was going more than 10 miles(15 for the efficient car), it's cheaper for me to drive. Add in "faster" and "more convenient" and I'm going to drive alot. I'll take a cab when flying (Airports not far, and charges for parking).
So once you make the decision that you need the car, your monthly cost is $500/month +
But then, that's just my situation. If you sit down and figure it out, you can find your own situation. If you live in a primitive arcology, you may be able to do just about everything via elevators, and subway system.
If they put the PRT system into practice, it could deliver stuff right to your building. Hire a building delivery guy to move the stuff right to your location.
Of course, this site brings up some potential problems with PRT (that I don't see as being any different from other mass transit or monorail). And I see the stations being built inside buildings. Not over the street.
Major difference here: These cars have odometers. The moment that a mechanic notices that the odometers don't match an investigation will start.
Cars are worth alot more than bicycles. Also, there's an active reservation system. The bicycle system was one of they're just left in location until needed.
You might manage to impersonate somebody else's card. It'd be just like credit card fraud. They'd eventually develop a system to notice, and when they catch you, well, you're in major trouble.
I agree. Passenger loading/unloading is the really significant factor. When you have to stop every couple blocks for ~60 seconds to load or unload, it really slows things down.
It was about a 10 mile drive downtown when I was still living with my parents. There's a bus stop less than a block away. Especially during the heavy commuting periods, I could quite literally beat the bus downtown on my bicycle.
If you look at it, personal conveyances have many advantages over traditional mass-transit systems. That's why I like the ideas that bring the advantages of mass transit systems (fuel efficiency, don't have to drive) and personal conveyances (more or less point to point, non-stop, and on-demand).
This reminded me.
Do you know how how they used to decide on the distance that was the border between "national waters" and "international waters"?
Really simple. It was the maximum range of coastal guns. If they could reasonably be expected to occasionally nail a craft from the shore at that distance, it was national waters. Otherwise, international.