That's kind of his point - the media doesn't care the degree to which they were related, only whether they can make a story out of it. If you want to effectively undermine the authorities this way, you have to be incredibly disciplined so that there cannot even be insinuations that any mistreatment is deserved. It looks like the Davis students did that well.
As a physics challenge, I'd like to hear about a meteor strike that could "completely pulverize" a nuclear plant and still not cause damage to the surrounding area.
Chernobyl and Fukishama have now both shown that nuclear incidents are ALWAYS worse then estimated and even worse then admitted to afterwards by the nuclear lobby. You can build again on a flood plain, but radiated soil will be unusable for decades.
See, that's where your argument goes off the rails. You have a basically good point, but then you go and put in an emphatic statement that only needs one counter example to disprove it. And that counterexample is: TMI. It was bad, sure, but no worse than it appeared and with no impact to the community.
You can still argue that they have the POTENTIAL to be bad, and that they USUALLY are, but claiming that they always are lets us write you off as uninformed.
So until we shut down all the coal fired plants, any talk about shutting down existing nuclear plants is an instance of defective prioritization.
Just to be clear, any talk about shutting down existing nuclear plants because there are better options is the problem. Talking about shutting them down because they are at the end of their design life and will not be safe much longer is still a good idea.
The Outer Space Treaty makes Rods from God legally questionable, at best. These things are functionally almost exactly the same without the pesky legal questions, and without waiting for satellites to be in the right place.
Now this sounds awesome! Got any suggestions about where to find good CC music? I support musopen.org for classical stuff, and of course I know Jonathon Coulton, but other than that I don't know where to begin looking.
It's not NASA's fault that SpaceX didn't launch in 2010. I'll grant that the last 3 months of the delay is caused by the Soyuz failure, but it's not like they were going to be on time anyway; if they were, it would be the second CRS flight being delayed. They compare favorably to e.g. Constellation (even before it was cancelled), but launching rockets is still a hard business and timelines need a bunch of salt to be palatable.
SpaceX says they'll be ready to launch people to LEO in 2014. So far they've hit their schedule targets.
Part of me hates to go off topic, and part of me hates to argue when your basic point is correct, but the pedant in me wins.
COTS was supposed to be done in 2010 so that CRS could start in 2011 (before the Shuttle retired), and as it stands we're looking at that being all pushed back a year. That's close enough for aerospace work, but not exactly on target. Not to mention that NASA isn't planning to have a crewed flight until 2016 (not because the vehicles couldn't be ready, but because that's how long NASA will take to certify them), and it'll probably be at least a year from that.
The point stands, though: Both the United States and China have ongoing plans to put people in space.
When Mint 12 comes out all you'll do is make a choice. The reason I'm using Mint right now is that they're taking time with the transition, so I'll be able to move to Gnome 3 (or not) when I think it's ready.
Linux Mint 12 “Lisa” will be released in November this year with continued support for Gnome 2 but also with the introduction of Gnome 3.... Of course, we’re starting from scratch and this process will take time and span across multiple releases. Until then, it’s important we continue to support the traditional Gnome 2 desktop.
I guarantee you that you could find people to do the work if you could afford to to pay a decent wage, didn't expose them to pesticides, provided retirement and medical, etc.
The ones who would do it are forced out of business by those that don't, unless there's real enforcement of laws mandating it.
If you have more information about that, I'd like to see it. Everything I can find says they released the kernel, which is no more than they (all) were obligated to under the GPL.
...they released HoneyComb and we've never seen the source, and we'll never see it in fact.
I almost hate to defend them on this point, frustrated as I am about the fact that they haven't released Honeycomb (I understand why, but it sets a really bad precedent). Saying that we'll never see it is just wrong, though. They give full access to their version control, so when they open up ICS (and I have no reason yet to believe that they won't) you'll get to see every change made from Gingerbread to now.
Every public company is required by law to follow their Articles of Incorporation
You can set up a corporation with whatever goals you want, maximizing shareholder profit doesn't have to even be on the list. For most corporations it is, de facto, but don't make the mistake of thinking that it has to be.
At idle, sure, they're silent (until some ass puts a ridiculous sound system in), and even when driving they can't compare buses and semis. But then, most cars don't either.
EVs are really not much quieter than a well built gas vehicle. Consider the road noise from a Tesla Model S as an example. The cars are almost as loud as the truck that tows them in.
I've been happy with it, enough that I'd say that it's the best thing to happen to OpenOffice.org in years. But seriously, it's been a year and they still haven't come up with a decent name? The whole 'Libre' thing was supposed to be temporary!
*sigh* I know, this is the same type of folks who still think the GIMP is well named.
However, there is a different between "not enough skilled labor" and "not enough unemployed skilled labor". If you mean the later, then you are write, but you should have expressed yourself better.
I think he expressed himself perfectly well. If all the skilled labor is already employed, then there is not enough for any more businesses to move down there.
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That's kind of his point - the media doesn't care the degree to which they were related, only whether they can make a story out of it. If you want to effectively undermine the authorities this way, you have to be incredibly disciplined so that there cannot even be insinuations that any mistreatment is deserved. It looks like the Davis students did that well.
You're just figuring that out NOW? GP is not kidding about the relative levels of service, and yes, we're swimming in it.
As a physics challenge, I'd like to hear about a meteor strike that could "completely pulverize" a nuclear plant and still not cause damage to the surrounding area.
Chernobyl and Fukishama have now both shown that nuclear incidents are ALWAYS worse then estimated and even worse then admitted to afterwards by the nuclear lobby. You can build again on a flood plain, but radiated soil will be unusable for decades.
See, that's where your argument goes off the rails. You have a basically good point, but then you go and put in an emphatic statement that only needs one counter example to disprove it. And that counterexample is: TMI. It was bad, sure, but no worse than it appeared and with no impact to the community.
You can still argue that they have the POTENTIAL to be bad, and that they USUALLY are, but claiming that they always are lets us write you off as uninformed.
So until we shut down all the coal fired plants, any talk about shutting down existing nuclear plants is an instance of defective prioritization.
Just to be clear, any talk about shutting down existing nuclear plants because there are better options is the problem. Talking about shutting them down because they are at the end of their design life and will not be safe much longer is still a good idea.
The Outer Space Treaty makes Rods from God legally questionable, at best. These things are functionally almost exactly the same without the pesky legal questions, and without waiting for satellites to be in the right place.
Now this sounds awesome! Got any suggestions about where to find good CC music? I support musopen.org for classical stuff, and of course I know Jonathon Coulton, but other than that I don't know where to begin looking.
tldr;
This is why I switched to Mint, and why this story exists.
That must be the singulary most expensive stuff on the planet!
I see what you did there.
It's not NASA's fault that SpaceX didn't launch in 2010. I'll grant that the last 3 months of the delay is caused by the Soyuz failure, but it's not like they were going to be on time anyway; if they were, it would be the second CRS flight being delayed. They compare favorably to e.g. Constellation (even before it was cancelled), but launching rockets is still a hard business and timelines need a bunch of salt to be palatable.
SpaceX says they'll be ready to launch people to LEO in 2014. So far they've hit their schedule targets.
Part of me hates to go off topic, and part of me hates to argue when your basic point is correct, but the pedant in me wins.
COTS was supposed to be done in 2010 so that CRS could start in 2011 (before the Shuttle retired), and as it stands we're looking at that being all pushed back a year. That's close enough for aerospace work, but not exactly on target. Not to mention that NASA isn't planning to have a crewed flight until 2016 (not because the vehicles couldn't be ready, but because that's how long NASA will take to certify them), and it'll probably be at least a year from that.
The point stands, though: Both the United States and China have ongoing plans to put people in space.
There is, if you're brave enough to drink from the firehose. Once it's on the front page it's too late, and you've failed us all.
When Mint 12 comes out all you'll do is make a choice. The reason I'm using Mint right now is that they're taking time with the transition, so I'll be able to move to Gnome 3 (or not) when I think it's ready.
Linux Mint 12 “Lisa” will be released in November this year with continued support for Gnome 2 but also with the introduction of Gnome 3. ... Of course, we’re starting from scratch and this process will take time and span across multiple releases. Until then, it’s important we continue to support the traditional Gnome 2 desktop.
Yes, because if there's one thing the typical shopper is looking for when buying a smartphone - it's being able to interface it with their prosthetics
I'm going to go out on a limb and say this guy just might be a power user.
I guarantee you that you could find people to do the work if you could afford to to pay a decent wage, didn't expose them to pesticides, provided retirement and medical, etc.
The ones who would do it are forced out of business by those that don't, unless there's real enforcement of laws mandating it.
If you have more information about that, I'd like to see it. Everything I can find says they released the kernel, which is no more than they (all) were obligated to under the GPL.
...they released HoneyComb and we've never seen the source, and we'll never see it in fact.
I almost hate to defend them on this point, frustrated as I am about the fact that they haven't released Honeycomb (I understand why, but it sets a really bad precedent). Saying that we'll never see it is just wrong, though. They give full access to their version control, so when they open up ICS (and I have no reason yet to believe that they won't) you'll get to see every change made from Gingerbread to now.
Every public company is required by law to follow their Articles of Incorporation
You can set up a corporation with whatever goals you want, maximizing shareholder profit doesn't have to even be on the list. For most corporations it is, de facto, but don't make the mistake of thinking that it has to be.
Apparently there's a reason for our reputation for being atrophied basement dwellers.
I'm just waiting for Apple to run out of "cool" large cat names and start releasing versions like "OS X Ocelot"
That'd be the day...
At idle, sure, they're silent (until some ass puts a ridiculous sound system in), and even when driving they can't compare buses and semis. But then, most cars don't either.
EVs are really not much quieter than a well built gas vehicle. Consider the road noise from a Tesla Model S as an example. The cars are almost as loud as the truck that tows them in.
Does that one also include the Coconut into Radio Conversion Guide?
I've been happy with it, enough that I'd say that it's the best thing to happen to OpenOffice.org in years. But seriously, it's been a year and they still haven't come up with a decent name? The whole 'Libre' thing was supposed to be temporary!
*sigh* I know, this is the same type of folks who still think the GIMP is well named.
However, there is a different between "not enough skilled labor" and "not enough unemployed skilled labor". If you mean the later, then you are write, but you should have expressed yourself better.
I think he expressed himself perfectly well. If all the skilled labor is already employed, then there is not enough for any more businesses to move down there.
It was in the context of colonization.