What are Voles? And why should we pattern human behavior after them?
According to rules of natural selection, I would think they are soon to be an endangered species.
That is a common misunderstanding amongst liberal socialists.
I never can understand a person that thinks there is only so much wealth to go around and some have an unfair share. Wealth is created, and in ever increasing amounts, at least in a growing economy. If I buy something wholesale, and sell it at retail and make some wealth in the process, how does that take away wealth from anyone else?
Is there like, a trophy or something that goes to the winner? Maybe they should get a contract to manufacture electric powered vehicles to reward their expertise.
The problem is not that we have the extraordinarily wealthy among us, it is that there are not more of them. Increase incentives and benefits of accumulating wealth and you might find more more people become wealthy. Relief given to the poor often as not helps perpetuate the lifestyle.
This is the opposite of communism, where everyone is poor equally. Let there be the rich, and let them keep their riches. More of us will want to become wealthy.
--My personal belief is that in a perfect world Communism is the best form of government, in an imperfect world, a combination of governmental --philosophies are the best.
Taxing sales of online goods will not change our form of government to any degree, it will simply suppress online sales.
Having lived through the cold war, I believe that the communists are really the winners. Capitalist countries continue the march towards socialism, while in Russia they are learning to be capitalists.
Has anyone read Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged, or the Fountain head et al?. I believe the best forms of government must take advantage of human ambition and desire to do better. That is not to reward mediocrity as we are doing more and more in the US.
The real issue is an additional revenue source to perpetuate government.
I agree precision weapons have made quite an impact on the nature of warfare. But it brings to mind an episode of Star Trek, where two planets had been warring for years. Computers would decide where the bomb would have gone off and calculate the casualties. The 'casualties' would then report to extermination stations. If they did not real war would be declared.
The cleaner and more precise the weapons, the more incentive there is to use them. There are reasons to avoid war, human and material. Are we reducing those reasons by less collateral damage? Or will we use it more often since we can?
"I do not believe the administration knows how to work with a legislative body," Rep. Rogers said. "We have come a long way on some of their points."
No he cant work with legislative bodies.
A good case for when compromise is not always the best course. Yet another way for government to get private information from private companies, never mind private companies sharing amongst themselves.
Someday soon the time will come when what you buy is recorded, say you buy viagra. Not only will you start getting offers from condom companies, but your quote for medical insurance will be higher. Who know, maybe that points you out as a risk taker and car insurance will go up.
It would help if junk mail (usually 3rd class) was not subsidized by first class mail. If the rates were comparable you would have a lot less junk mail, lowered increases in first class mail, and maybe a postal service that can sustain itself.
One of the biggest hold ups to IPV6 implementation is those IP (tier 1 and above) companies that own IPV4 addresses. Now a salable commodity the IPV4 addresses are becoming more valuable as scarcity increases. The volume of IPv4 traffic makes it a more lucrative revenue stream. Implementing V6 will make those V4 addresses worthless, and so where is the incentive to change?
Politics and people
Accelerating masses from the big bang expand the universe, but for some unknown reason instead of decelerating they are accelerating outward. I wonder how this affects the Pioneer spacecraft somehow.
The discovery that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate contradicts past popular opinion that the universe will decelerate, with the all-powerful force of gravity winning yet again. However, with the discovery of a possible anti-gravity force, new fields of study will open up in order to explain this quandary. This discovery could also challenge current thinking on the history of space and time. The discovery of our accelerating universe is such a new discovery that the future prospects are still in the air. However, as the acceleration of the universe continues, within billions of years, many of the stars we can see today will be gone from view. Robert Kirshner, of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, stated that "The universe will become a very different place to look at."
It seems to me that any mission taking months of time, would use some kind of artificial gravity. Artificial gravity would be needed for the astronauts health and muscle tone as well as medical emergencies requiring surgery.
First, this is first such geek driven museum I know. While museums are all about preserving knowledge, not everyone in geekdom is fan of history, especially history of science. Hopefully it will drive more new geeks to know and study about history - again, especially history of great discoveries. History and understanding people within it could make geeks not only gurus in technologies, but also humans too. Trust me, not all social sciences are worthless:)
Second, this is Tesla. No matter his personal demons (we all have them), he is underlooked in history of technology and science and needs popularity boost, especially after that "ubercapitalist" Edison pushed Tesla from spotlight - just because he got more money.
And we really need to celebrate more such people as Tesla, and less Jobs or Gates.
Well said, Nickolai Tesla deserves a much greater part in history.
Ministers are anxious that the identity programme is not denounced as a “Big Brother” national ID card by the back door, which is why data will not be kept centrally by any government department.
How many of you believe that the government will keep no records? I think they will keep records or have access to them, in order to fulfill the function.
Once they have logged in correctly by computer or mobile phone, the site will send a message to the government agency authenticating that user’s identity.
Can you say Target for keyloggers, viruses, etc. Imagine what you could do with that information. Even if the information is sent via a third party site like social networks or whatever the universe of possible login information is limited.
Silencing the critics of a religion (or anything for that matter) is open license to do whatever you want in that religion.
So many wars and tragedies throughout history have been because of, or in the name of religion. Given the possibilities of interpreting and misinterpreting the Bible, Koran or whatever guiding principles you have in order to justify your actions, is a recipe for disaster when there are no critics. Reason and moderation go out the window.
IMHO all religions need to tolerate criticism and other religions. There will always be other views and beliefs and they must be tolerated.
It took a different mindset to program in Fortran, C, Assembly and that age of programming. Accessing memory in a way to accomplish the task when there was very little memory (4-128k), and still provide UI was not for the feign of heart.
Now we have OOPs programming, built with GUI programming environment using calls to the OS. Much simpler, but still requires a logical mindset.
IMHO, just about anyone can do some programming these days.
IMHO, the our understanding of the physics and technology will change at such a rapid pace that make early exploration unfeasible (sorry Bill). The technological knowledge increases and the RATE at which we increase our technology (including physics) expands so exponentially that current technology is overshadowed every few years.
Consequently if we were to send a ship on a 100 year journey, we would probably obtain knowledge during that 100 years that would enable us to have a newer ship there at that destination before it arrived, and possibly a newer one there before that one arrived et cetera. Its like the law of diminishing returns in reverse.
Slashdot Mirror
"He who would trade liberty for security deserves neither" Benjamin Franklin
What are Voles? And why should we pattern human behavior after them? According to rules of natural selection, I would think they are soon to be an endangered species.
I hope the U.S. follows.
That is a common misunderstanding amongst liberal socialists. I never can understand a person that thinks there is only so much wealth to go around and some have an unfair share. Wealth is created, and in ever increasing amounts, at least in a growing economy. If I buy something wholesale, and sell it at retail and make some wealth in the process, how does that take away wealth from anyone else?
Is there like, a trophy or something that goes to the winner? Maybe they should get a contract to manufacture electric powered vehicles to reward their expertise.
The problem is not that we have the extraordinarily wealthy among us, it is that there are not more of them. Increase incentives and benefits of accumulating wealth and you might find more more people become wealthy. Relief given to the poor often as not helps perpetuate the lifestyle. This is the opposite of communism, where everyone is poor equally. Let there be the rich, and let them keep their riches. More of us will want to become wealthy.
--My personal belief is that in a perfect world Communism is the best form of government, in an imperfect world, a combination of governmental --philosophies are the best. Taxing sales of online goods will not change our form of government to any degree, it will simply suppress online sales. Having lived through the cold war, I believe that the communists are really the winners. Capitalist countries continue the march towards socialism, while in Russia they are learning to be capitalists. Has anyone read Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged, or the Fountain head et al?. I believe the best forms of government must take advantage of human ambition and desire to do better. That is not to reward mediocrity as we are doing more and more in the US. The real issue is an additional revenue source to perpetuate government.
I agree precision weapons have made quite an impact on the nature of warfare. But it brings to mind an episode of Star Trek, where two planets had been warring for years. Computers would decide where the bomb would have gone off and calculate the casualties. The 'casualties' would then report to extermination stations. If they did not real war would be declared. The cleaner and more precise the weapons, the more incentive there is to use them. There are reasons to avoid war, human and material. Are we reducing those reasons by less collateral damage? Or will we use it more often since we can?
To serve man!
No he cant work with legislative bodies. A good case for when compromise is not always the best course. Yet another way for government to get private information from private companies, never mind private companies sharing amongst themselves. Someday soon the time will come when what you buy is recorded, say you buy viagra. Not only will you start getting offers from condom companies, but your quote for medical insurance will be higher. Who know, maybe that points you out as a risk taker and car insurance will go up.
It would help if junk mail (usually 3rd class) was not subsidized by first class mail. If the rates were comparable you would have a lot less junk mail, lowered increases in first class mail, and maybe a postal service that can sustain itself.
One of the biggest hold ups to IPV6 implementation is those IP (tier 1 and above) companies that own IPV4 addresses. Now a salable commodity the IPV4 addresses are becoming more valuable as scarcity increases. The volume of IPv4 traffic makes it a more lucrative revenue stream. Implementing V6 will make those V4 addresses worthless, and so where is the incentive to change? Politics and people
Good point! But it will fit nicely with the nuclear reactors.
Expansion of the universe
TFA mentions this is a first MOOC online course for Australia. I find that hard to believe, does anyone know of others?
It seems to me that any mission taking months of time, would use some kind of artificial gravity. Artificial gravity would be needed for the astronauts health and muscle tone as well as medical emergencies requiring surgery.
Research:
"help ward off the debilitating loss of muscle and bone due to weightlessness on long missions"
Here is the physics:
Simulated Gravity with Centripetal Force
Does anyone know of plans for the Mars mission (what kind of vehicle will be used)?
First, this is first such geek driven museum I know. While museums are all about preserving knowledge, not everyone in geekdom is fan of history, especially history of science. Hopefully it will drive more new geeks to know and study about history - again, especially history of great discoveries. History and understanding people within it could make geeks not only gurus in technologies, but also humans too. Trust me, not all social sciences are worthless :)
Second, this is Tesla. No matter his personal demons (we all have them), he is underlooked in history of technology and science and needs popularity boost, especially after that "ubercapitalist" Edison pushed Tesla from spotlight - just because he got more money.
And we really need to celebrate more such people as Tesla, and less Jobs or Gates.
Well said, Nickolai Tesla deserves a much greater part in history.
How many of you believe that the government will keep no records? I think they will keep records or have access to them, in order to fulfill the function.
Can you say Target for keyloggers, viruses, etc. Imagine what you could do with that information. Even if the information is sent via a third party site like social networks or whatever the universe of possible login information is limited.
Silencing the critics of a religion (or anything for that matter) is open license to do whatever you want in that religion.
So many wars and tragedies throughout history have been because of, or in the name of religion. Given the possibilities of interpreting and misinterpreting the Bible, Koran or whatever guiding principles you have in order to justify your actions, is a recipe for disaster when there are no critics. Reason and moderation go out the window.
IMHO all religions need to tolerate criticism and other religions. There will always be other views and beliefs and they must be tolerated.
"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain"
If each WD hard drive used less helium....How many balloons could be filled?
Helium filled Hard Drives
It took a different mindset to program in Fortran, C, Assembly and that age of programming. Accessing memory in a way to accomplish the task when there was very little memory (4-128k), and still provide UI was not for the feign of heart. Now we have OOPs programming, built with GUI programming environment using calls to the OS. Much simpler, but still requires a logical mindset. IMHO, just about anyone can do some programming these days.
IMHO, the our understanding of the physics and technology will change at such a rapid pace that make early exploration unfeasible (sorry Bill). The technological knowledge increases and the RATE at which we increase our technology (including physics) expands so exponentially that current technology is overshadowed every few years. Consequently if we were to send a ship on a 100 year journey, we would probably obtain knowledge during that 100 years that would enable us to have a newer ship there at that destination before it arrived, and possibly a newer one there before that one arrived et cetera. Its like the law of diminishing returns in reverse.