Isnt the actual implic ations of that that NO US government representative can block users form their Twitter accounts? This is actually rife amongst government agencies, blocking people who complain about their services from their official twitter feeds. This decision would appear to make ALL of that 1st amendment violations, and it is VERY common practice, far more than the few Trump bannings.
So, I assume we are going to see a blanket reinstatement of ALL peoples rights to ALL twitters feeds that represent US Government people and agencies, right?
As you imply, you just do what probably happened to the object itself, and use a couple of gravity assist swings to reverse direction. Why would it need a powerful launch system? we sent probes much MUCH further a long LONG time ago..
Orbital mechanics dont work the way you seem to think they work. Its pretty much energy OR time to get somewhere.. a heavy launch can reduce time, but not have a great effect on possibility..
There is a LOT of assumptions in this 'analysis', because there is actually little real reason why it could not have just been randomly slung in to such an orbit late in planet formation..
So, its an investment is it? Great! Where is the documentation showing that these 'investors' now own part of the company? If enough of them get together they can control it! Pity it was not a success, then they could all claim a share of profits!
Oh, wait, there is none, as it is an unsecured pre-order. At best. Oops.
An investor is someone who provides capital in return for a share of the company. On Kickstarter you are NOT an investor, unless they are offering shares of the 'company' in return. You are just an unsecured pre-order client, or donator, depending on what you choose to do.
The most obvious difference is profit share, why on EARTH someone would give captial investment without any form of profit share agreement in such a case is... special?
Yes, I know the original poster was being foolish, but it is a little more complex than this also. When plants die, some of their carbon can compost to soil, some of their carbon is released as methane, etc and some of it as CO2 if they get burnt. So, the benefits are much more complex.
One interesting factor that is rarely talked about is the grasses actually absorb and compost large amounts of CO2, by some estimates more than common trees. People get all 'green' about trees, and you ignore grass, most likely because trees are 'big' and 'nice' and grass is just too common? Then they tend to want more treesplanted, however they also often plant nice pretty SLOW GROWING trees... which contribute very very little.
Could this 'super plant' contribute more? sure, DEPENDING ON HOW IT WAS USED. It is common to burn the straw left over from processing chickpeas.. That would reduce its contribution to very little.
The larger question is not about how it is created, how will suitable care be taken about evaluation if its actual environmental impact.
So, you think pedantry is a good way to make a point? Interesting.
BTW, its not really a very good example you know, being in the US military is NOT a particularly dangerous job, the probability of death is WAY below quite a lot of other jobs. However, there are women in those jobs also, just very VERY few. Lumberjack (forestry worker) and Fishermen (Fisherpeople? yes, I am taking the piss) are just about as bad as it gets for common jobs. Both are much MUCH worse than being in the US military.
Yes, I know, The US has to consider anyone who shoots at a few 3rd world desperados a 'Hero', but really, get over it.
There is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY there are hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of equipment on board. Even if they bought everything retail down at the local shop, that would be simply ridiculous.
What they mean is 'we did a bit of hardware development, cut ourselves a MASSIVE overheads and development markup, then we claim its worth this'
I can guarantee that any of 1000 small product development locations in China could build them for under $1000 in electronics. Easily. Without even trying.
One of the projects I have right here has high resolution GPS and 6dof inertial, high resolution pressure, 100km capable radio, 32bit micro, batteries to store enough energy for 6 months operation (including the radio), flash storage in the GBytes, solar for recharge, waterproof packaging, and the total cost is under $100usd... Now, they would need better radio (I would imagine), and a few more sensors.
But $100k? just simple 'give us money, we are a startup' BS.
Not to mention the fact that many outside/active jobs are held by lower socio-economic groups, who also tend to die earlier for a wide range of reasons. I should check, but do they even adjust for people who die BECAUSE of the job? such jobs hold a much higher rate of job based death, which would skew the figures significantly. Plus, such people tend to be involved in more risky passtimes as well.
There would seem to be SO many other factors immediately available, that caliming some mystical difference in the value of the associated exercise would be a little... odd perhaps?
But, ah, here we go.
Journal of Sports Medicine, basically claiming that sports exercise is good, and other exercise is bad. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT.
Going to complain that YOU didnt vote for THE MAN? Well, I suspect you support one of the two, and they are both THE MAN, in case you had not realized. Face it, people are too busy arguing about which minority is the most worthy or not to do anything about the people in power causing the real problems. Do you think that is an accident? Interesting..
But I notice you dont name any. I am getting you also believe that the failed communist stats 'are not real communism' And that you also believe that you and your little clique of politically fashionable friends at the cafe know the answers. Well guess what, the world is a very VERY complex place, and none of the good answers are easy answers, or even comfortable ones.
Captialism as it currently stands is somewhat degenerate - less so that the existing examples of communism however (much less). However, all the solutions are hard, painful, and involve a lot of people losing most of what they have. Why? Because most people have bought in to the debt lie, and the fantasy of eternal growth. Most people have become fat, lazy, and complacent.
You had better hope that capitalism doesnt fall, because the ride down is going to hurt. Just ask the Romans..
>> Unfortunately the way that investments and capitalism work there is no way to actually guarantee that you will get money back on your investment. >Actually you *can* guarantee it. Most people don't completely guarantee it, because low-risk has much higher returns than no-risk.
Actually no, you cannot. Deflation is a real thing, although it has been a while, and inflation makes most of the 'guaranteed' gains a lie - you are losing real value on your very small returns. This is actually part of the big game plan at present to push the middle class in to more risky investments, which generally end up shoveling the majority of the gains to the primary stakeholders.
Sure, you can have a company that will 'guarantee your return', but who is guaranteeing that company? hmm? There is no safe bet, especially if there is a real economic downturn.
The 'problem' is there has not been one for quite a long time - there have been bumps, however governments have plastered over them by protecting the 'too big to fail' companies using public money, and then printing more and more money to inflate out of their problems. The very rich love this, as most of that new money tgushes up pretty quickly to the top, making them somewhat inflation proof, while inflating away the value of the lower classes.
Your hedging example is quite funny - you think the outcome of an equal bet both ways on a game is no loss? go and check the numbers;)
Hedging is a way of trying to minimise risk, often by dealing with others who disagree about the level of risk - but it in no way protects you from a general system failure.
But yes, you started off well, only losing the plot towards the end with your thoughts of there being safe investments.
My great grandfather bought a farm in 1912, he lost it in the 20s, and never ever forgot the name of the lawyer who foreclosed on him - it was a very shameful thing back then - the farm was well run and profitable, but economics of farming and debt changed.. He bought another farm around 1940. Larger, better positioned, for less money... Because the value of farms dropped, significantly. Farms were about the MOST solid asset there was back then..
Many people have forgotten that there are NO safe investments, only considered risks. However, many MANY more people have forgotten that if you dont save, dont invest, dont bring value, then expect your net worth to tend to zero (if you are lucky).
So, are you telling me the Americans and American corporations that did business with the German government during ww2 are doing to face treason charges soon? I would have my doubts.
What debate? Unless you commit 100% you are a white male sexist rapist. Or so you think there is another allowable position? After all, trial by pitchfork wielding social media crowds is the new justice, isn't it? Facts and evidence are so last year!
However it is less than stellar when Intel launch a new process with a CPU that is slower and less capable than the previous generation. They know this, and would not be doing this unless there were problems... You may not launch with the best CPU a process will ever support - that takes time, however you shoot a bit higher than 'lowest end possible'. It looks like it is slow and hot... not a good sign.
It is NOT a MITM attack, not even close. It is a VERY dubious 'attack' that required the email to load other, non secures content via normal http which they then ALSO intercept, inject content that magically takes control of their computer and steals the unencrypted email. You would never several layers of flaw and a high level of network control over the targets computer in the first place. Basically, if they use a normal browser and you had this level of control then you could own their computer anyway, so the 'email' part is of exactly zero relevance.
Mitigation: Dont send emails with external http references (quite rare anyway for anything normal outside marketing flyers), or use an email program that doesnt load them by default, or have them loaded from a secure (https) source, or do just about ANYTHING competently.
This is like saying locking your front door has a HUGE SECURITY PROBLEM because you left the back door and all the windows wide open..
Have the techno-hippies escaped again? Could we please return them to their happy-smoke teepee while the adults get on with living in the real world now?
This is about as useful as claiming Terminator is just around the corner and inevitable, because... well.. neither of them need actual facts, do they?
It is also the method being pushed by a number of Euthanasia proponents.. Which does kind of imply that it is not the worst method...
Of course people will mix this up with the morality of WHY the state is executing people, however the two really are separate - trying to block executions by questioning the method is kind of stupid, is that is the issue then address it directly.
Now that you are legally required to include solar, I am quite sure the companies that are certified (what? you thought ANY solar install would be ok... interesting...) to install that solar for you, now that they have state controlled maket, are SURE to lower their prices, making it cheaper and happier for everyone!
Oh, wait a second, no, they will increase their pricing locally, because you have to use their service.
You know, there are literally hundreds of highly effective commercialized concrete additives, many of which achieve as good results.
I also note their claim of carbon emission reductions seems to hinge on both finding a pile of graphene sitting pre-made and free next to their production line (they dont allow for the huge energy requirement of production), and in them counting that carbon itself as now sequestered (which it is, at massive energy and financial cost).
Basically this is a rather stupid academic exercise. Concrete is almost literally the LAST thing you would bother adding this to.
You have obviously missed the big chains pulling them from the shelves at the request of the government?
No, not 'banning' them, just the usual quiet in the background secret deals to, you know, ban them. https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/30/16950122/verizon-refuses-huawei-phone-att-espionage-cybersecurity-fears https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/22/17151186/best-buy-huawei-smartphone-china
Of course its a bit of a toss up as to the real reason - it is because they wont install the US backdoors, or because the US is protecting Apple? probably safe to assume both.
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Actually, yes and no.
Isnt the actual implic ations of that that NO US government representative can block users form their Twitter accounts?
This is actually rife amongst government agencies, blocking people who complain about their services from their official twitter feeds.
This decision would appear to make ALL of that 1st amendment violations, and it is VERY common practice, far more than the few Trump bannings.
So, I assume we are going to see a blanket reinstatement of ALL peoples rights to ALL twitters feeds that represent US Government people and agencies, right?
As you imply, you just do what probably happened to the object itself, and use a couple of gravity assist swings to reverse direction.
Why would it need a powerful launch system? we sent probes much MUCH further a long LONG time ago..
Orbital mechanics dont work the way you seem to think they work. Its pretty much energy OR time to get somewhere.. a heavy launch can
reduce time, but not have a great effect on possibility..
There is a LOT of assumptions in this 'analysis', because there is actually little real reason why it could not have just been randomly slung in to such an orbit late in planet formation..
Thats hardly fair.
The Alpha Centorians worked hard to build their Oort fence around us..
ROTFL.
So, its an investment is it?
Great! Where is the documentation showing that these 'investors' now own part of the company? If enough of them get together they can control it!
Pity it was not a success, then they could all claim a share of profits!
Oh, wait, there is none, as it is an unsecured pre-order. At best. Oops.
So, now tell me.
WHY would you do 3d positional audio mixing in the headphone?
HOW do you get the 3d positional information to the headphone?
Thats the main fail: There is absolutly no problem here to solve: all of this is much better done in the VR system, and they do.
An investor is someone who provides capital in return for a share of the company.
On Kickstarter you are NOT an investor, unless they are offering shares of the 'company' in return.
You are just an unsecured pre-order client, or donator, depending on what you choose to do.
The most obvious difference is profit share, why on EARTH someone would give captial investment without any form
of profit share agreement in such a case is... special?
Yes, I know the original poster was being foolish, but it is a little more complex than this also.
When plants die, some of their carbon can compost to soil, some of their carbon is released as methane, etc and some of it as CO2 if they get burnt.
So, the benefits are much more complex.
One interesting factor that is rarely talked about is the grasses actually absorb and compost large amounts of CO2, by some estimates more than common trees.
People get all 'green' about trees, and you ignore grass, most likely because trees are 'big' and 'nice' and grass is just too common?
Then they tend to want more treesplanted, however they also often plant nice pretty SLOW GROWING trees... which contribute very very little.
Could this 'super plant' contribute more? sure, DEPENDING ON HOW IT WAS USED. It is common to burn the straw left over from processing chickpeas..
That would reduce its contribution to very little.
The larger question is not about how it is created, how will suitable care be taken about evaluation if its actual environmental impact.
So, you think pedantry is a good way to make a point?
Interesting.
BTW, its not really a very good example you know, being in the US military is NOT a particularly dangerous job, the probability of death is WAY below quite a lot of other jobs.
However, there are women in those jobs also, just very VERY few.
Lumberjack (forestry worker) and Fishermen (Fisherpeople? yes, I am taking the piss) are just about as bad as it gets for common jobs.
Both are much MUCH worse than being in the US military.
Yes, I know, The US has to consider anyone who shoots at a few 3rd world desperados a 'Hero', but really, get over it.
There is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY there are hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of equipment on board.
Even if they bought everything retail down at the local shop, that would be simply ridiculous.
What they mean is 'we did a bit of hardware development, cut ourselves a MASSIVE overheads and development
markup, then we claim its worth this'
I can guarantee that any of 1000 small product development locations in China could build them for under $1000
in electronics. Easily. Without even trying.
One of the projects I have right here has high resolution GPS and 6dof inertial, high resolution pressure, 100km capable radio,
32bit micro, batteries to store enough energy for 6 months operation (including the radio), flash storage in the GBytes, solar for recharge,
waterproof packaging, and the total cost is under $100usd...
Now, they would need better radio (I would imagine), and a few more sensors.
But $100k? just simple 'give us money, we are a startup' BS.
Exactly.
Not to mention the fact that many outside/active jobs are held by lower socio-economic groups, who also tend to die earlier for a wide range of reasons.
I should check, but do they even adjust for people who die BECAUSE of the job? such jobs hold a much higher rate of job based death, which would
skew the figures significantly.
Plus, such people tend to be involved in more risky passtimes as well.
There would seem to be SO many other factors immediately available, that caliming some mystical difference in the value of the associated exercise
would be a little... odd perhaps?
But, ah, here we go.
Journal of Sports Medicine, basically claiming that sports exercise is good, and other exercise is bad.
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT.
No, it is your votes for them that do that.
Going to complain that YOU didnt vote for THE MAN? Well, I suspect you support one of the two, and they are both THE MAN, in case you had not realized.
Face it, people are too busy arguing about which minority is the most worthy or not to do anything about the people in power causing the real problems.
Do you think that is an accident? Interesting..
Of course there are.
But I notice you dont name any.
I am getting you also believe that the failed communist stats 'are not real communism'
And that you also believe that you and your little clique of politically fashionable friends at the cafe know the answers.
Well guess what, the world is a very VERY complex place, and none of the good answers are easy answers, or even comfortable ones.
Captialism as it currently stands is somewhat degenerate - less so that the existing examples of communism however (much less).
However, all the solutions are hard, painful, and involve a lot of people losing most of what they have.
Why? Because most people have bought in to the debt lie, and the fantasy of eternal growth. Most people have become fat, lazy, and complacent.
You had better hope that capitalism doesnt fall, because the ride down is going to hurt. Just ask the Romans..
>> Unfortunately the way that investments and capitalism work there is no way to actually guarantee that you will get money back on your investment.
>Actually you *can* guarantee it. Most people don't completely guarantee it, because low-risk has much higher returns than no-risk.
Actually no, you cannot. Deflation is a real thing, although it has been a while, and inflation makes most of the 'guaranteed' gains a lie - you are losing real value on your very small returns. This is actually part of the big game plan at present to push the middle class in to more risky investments, which generally end up shoveling the majority of the gains to the primary stakeholders.
Sure, you can have a company that will 'guarantee your return', but who is guaranteeing that company? hmm? There is no safe bet, especially if there is a real economic downturn.
The 'problem' is there has not been one for quite a long time - there have been bumps, however governments have plastered over them by protecting the 'too big to fail' companies using public money, and then printing more and more money to inflate out of their problems. The very rich love this, as most of that new money tgushes up pretty quickly to the top, making them somewhat inflation proof, while inflating away the value of the lower classes.
Your hedging example is quite funny - you think the outcome of an equal bet both ways on a game is no loss? go and check the numbers ;)
Hedging is a way of trying to minimise risk, often by dealing with others who disagree about the level of risk - but it in no way protects you from a general system failure.
But yes, you started off well, only losing the plot towards the end with your thoughts of there being safe investments.
My great grandfather bought a farm in 1912, he lost it in the 20s, and never ever forgot the name of the lawyer who foreclosed on him - it was a very shameful thing back then - the farm was well run and profitable, but economics of farming and debt changed..
He bought another farm around 1940. Larger, better positioned, for less money... Because the value of farms dropped, significantly.
Farms were about the MOST solid asset there was back then..
Many people have forgotten that there are NO safe investments, only considered risks.
However, many MANY more people have forgotten that if you dont save, dont invest, dont bring value, then expect your net worth to tend to zero (if you are lucky).
So, are you telling me the Americans and American corporations that did business with the German government during ww2 are doing to face treason charges soon?
I would have my doubts.
Jury?
All they need to do is attach 'national security' to take care of that.
Much more likely is someones idea of a way to turn the public against him before they drag out the next round of charges.
What debate?
Unless you commit 100% you are a white male sexist rapist.
Or so you think there is another allowable position?
After all, trial by pitchfork wielding social media crowds is the new justice, isn't it? Facts and evidence are so last year!
No, you are dead right.
However it is less than stellar when Intel launch a new process with a CPU that is slower and less capable than the previous generation.
They know this, and would not be doing this unless there were problems...
You may not launch with the best CPU a process will ever support - that takes time, however you shoot a bit higher than 'lowest end possible'.
It looks like it is slow and hot... not a good sign.
Or you could get a clue.
It is NOT a MITM attack, not even close.
It is a VERY dubious 'attack' that required the email to load other, non secures content via normal http which they then ALSO intercept, inject content that magically takes control of their computer and steals the unencrypted email. You would never several layers of flaw and a high level of network control over the targets computer in the first place.
Basically, if they use a normal browser and you had this level of control then you could own their computer anyway, so the 'email' part is of exactly zero relevance.
Mitigation: Dont send emails with external http references (quite rare anyway for anything normal outside marketing flyers), or use an email program that doesnt load them by default, or have them loaded from a secure (https) source, or do just about ANYTHING competently.
This is like saying locking your front door has a HUGE SECURITY PROBLEM because you left the back door and all the windows wide open..
Have the techno-hippies escaped again?
Could we please return them to their happy-smoke teepee while the adults get on with living in the real world now?
This is about as useful as claiming Terminator is just around the corner and inevitable, because... well.. neither of them need actual facts, do they?
And all you need to get it all back is a new name...
It is also the method being pushed by a number of Euthanasia proponents..
Which does kind of imply that it is not the worst method...
Of course people will mix this up with the morality of WHY the state is executing people, however
the two really are separate - trying to block executions by questioning the method is kind of stupid,
is that is the issue then address it directly.
Yes, I see you point!
Now that you are legally required to include solar, I am quite sure the companies that are certified
(what? you thought ANY solar install would be ok... interesting...) to install that solar for you, now
that they have state controlled maket, are SURE to lower their prices, making it cheaper and happier
for everyone!
Oh, wait a second, no, they will increase their pricing locally, because you have to use their service.
You know, there are literally hundreds of highly effective commercialized concrete additives, many of which achieve as good results.
I also note their claim of carbon emission reductions seems to hinge on both finding a pile of graphene sitting pre-made and free next to their production line (they dont allow for the huge energy requirement of production), and in them counting that carbon itself as now sequestered (which it is, at massive energy and financial cost).
Basically this is a rather stupid academic exercise. Concrete is almost literally the LAST thing you would bother adding this to.
I wonder if they will just double down on the somewhat nasty titanium Dioxide then..
Just when its use seemed to be going down. sigh.
You have obviously missed the big chains pulling them from the shelves at the request of the government?
No, not 'banning' them, just the usual quiet in the background secret deals to, you know, ban them.
https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/30/16950122/verizon-refuses-huawei-phone-att-espionage-cybersecurity-fears
https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/22/17151186/best-buy-huawei-smartphone-china
Of course its a bit of a toss up as to the real reason - it is because they wont install the US backdoors, or because the US is protecting Apple? probably safe to assume both.