The summary makes it sound like they've never used air in batteries before. Most small batteries, including hearing aid batteries, are zinc-air. This is why they come with a small sticker on one side - you remove the sticker and give the battery a minute or so to take in air. That said, I don't believe the zinc-air batteries "breathe" like how the article describes, and they're certainly not rechargeable so kudos to IBM.
Do you spend much time around teens? Although it has added a little, it has replaced a lot. In terms of total time communicating compared to ten years ago, my personal experience is that teens spend far fewer minutes per day talking face to face, even if the overall time spent communicating is greater. The logical conclusion is that the facetime has been replaced moreso than added to.
Assuming costs increase proportional to the number of people being monitored, $3.4 trillion would pay for monitoring 175 million people - it's also probably safe to assume that even though it's the government, the scale is large enough that the cost per person would go down somewhat. So in the end, your $3.4 trillion estimation is probably spot on for a government monitoring program of the United States' roughly 310 million citizens (including the too young, the too old and the too ill).
That's roughly what I figured it to as well. But you have to remember that a lot of teens replace what used to be normal face-to-face interaction with text messaging and each message approximates one sentence (often less) in a verbal conversation. Also, I assume it counts both sent and received messages, so figure them sending roughly half of that.
So... either their was something wrong with the vaccine, there was a mutation, or else this particular vaccine is less effective than most other vaccines. Unfortunately, most people will take this and generalize it to "vaccines don't work!!!"
It's not a question as to whether the opinion is invalid, just that it may be tainted and that should be disclosed. You could hate the company you work for or be truly objective, but Average Joe will avoid biting the hand that feeds him. The disclosure is necessary for readers to decide whether or not you're unbiased.
His employment is paid for by Oracle... the net effect is the same. Money flows from Oracle to his pockets, so its in his interests that Oracle comes out on top.
We get these people to burn cable modems and other electronic devices that give off gobs of thick black smoke full of all kinds of fun chemicals, and them have them breathe deep...
Go read 2600 - or go buy their Best Of book, a good read. The editors have repeatedly stated that they're against using the term "cracker" to denote a malicious hacker. I never said whether or not cracker is the correct term, just that 2600 disagrees.
I was referring to the parent poster who (sarcastically) was saying it's cracking, not hacking. The editors of 2600 have repeatedly stated that they don't support segregating cracking and hacking, that malicious acts do fall under "hacking" just as much as non-malicious acts.
In college, all of the IT degrees were part of the School of Business rather than the School of Technology - and all of the professors preached that while tech is cool, it's useless if it doesn't help the business. So far in my professional career, I've found that to always be the case.
There are already protections in place - very similar to the most basic ones for alcohol that existed before the government had to regulate them. It's called "don't go to places where stuff is that you don't want to be around". Don't want to be around booze, stay out of bars and liquor stores. Don't want to be around porn, keep the default safe search on when you use Google and don't put naughtyasiantrannieswithanappetiteforexcrement.org in your address bar.
I thought the Internet already had an opt-in. It's called getting on the Internet. There's already plenty of solutions for parents to limit what children can see on the Internet (including technological solutions and good parenting). Why fuck it up for the rest of us by adding yet another layer of complexity that can go wrong and block everything?
"Teacher, I couldn't do my homework because the government required an opt-in for Wikipedia because there could be a link to a link to an article with citations that might contain a penis."
The early rumors were that Windows 8 would be x64 only (like Server 2008 R2). From an end-user-with-a-lot-of-32bit-apps perspective, I'm glad to see they're supporting x86. From a sys-admin-who-hates-having-two-architectures-per-print-driver perspective, I can't wait until x86 is dropped altogether.
Most nerds wouldn't give a damn about everything matching. Functionality over aesthetics. I'd buy a Hello Kitty television if it were the best damned TV for the money.
My wisdom teeth were at a 90 degree angle from what they should have been, which made the surgery much more fun and interesting.
When I broke my leg (shattered lower part of my tib/fib, required inserting a rod through my bone and several screws), they shot something in my spine that made me unconscious instantly. Best damned anesthetic ever - took five people to hold me upright while they administered it and I was out before I felt the needle. I begged them to give me the same stuff for my second (less major) leg surgery, but they refused - made me sad.
I did the same for my BT. Once in a while, the international version would have the page numbers slightly off or somesuch, but nothing major. I never noticed a quality difference between them and the US versions my classmates had.
You have an excellent point about the high-grade materials for a book with minor re-useability. Of the 30 or so books I had for college, I only kept 4 of them - none of which were intended to be textbooks.
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The summary makes it sound like they've never used air in batteries before. Most small batteries, including hearing aid batteries, are zinc-air. This is why they come with a small sticker on one side - you remove the sticker and give the battery a minute or so to take in air. That said, I don't believe the zinc-air batteries "breathe" like how the article describes, and they're certainly not rechargeable so kudos to IBM.
Because Grandpa is too old to give a crap about cockroaches, so he's perfectly willing to share a ravaged Earth with them
Your girlfriend left you? You're doing a good job of typing without any hands.
Then you'll be happy to know that all Dodge Chargers since 2006 already have these installed.
Do you spend much time around teens? Although it has added a little, it has replaced a lot. In terms of total time communicating compared to ten years ago, my personal experience is that teens spend far fewer minutes per day talking face to face, even if the overall time spent communicating is greater. The logical conclusion is that the facetime has been replaced moreso than added to.
Assuming costs increase proportional to the number of people being monitored, $3.4 trillion would pay for monitoring 175 million people - it's also probably safe to assume that even though it's the government, the scale is large enough that the cost per person would go down somewhat. So in the end, your $3.4 trillion estimation is probably spot on for a government monitoring program of the United States' roughly 310 million citizens (including the too young, the too old and the too ill).
Think less "without their knowledge" and more "without constantly reminding them what they were told in the beginning"
That's roughly what I figured it to as well. But you have to remember that a lot of teens replace what used to be normal face-to-face interaction with text messaging and each message approximates one sentence (often less) in a verbal conversation. Also, I assume it counts both sent and received messages, so figure them sending roughly half of that.
So... either their was something wrong with the vaccine, there was a mutation, or else this particular vaccine is less effective than most other vaccines. Unfortunately, most people will take this and generalize it to "vaccines don't work!!!"
It's not a question as to whether the opinion is invalid, just that it may be tainted and that should be disclosed. You could hate the company you work for or be truly objective, but Average Joe will avoid biting the hand that feeds him. The disclosure is necessary for readers to decide whether or not you're unbiased.
Or replace Redmond with Mount Doom?
His employment is paid for by Oracle... the net effect is the same. Money flows from Oracle to his pockets, so its in his interests that Oracle comes out on top.
We get these people to burn cable modems and other electronic devices that give off gobs of thick black smoke full of all kinds of fun chemicals, and them have them breathe deep...
Go read 2600 - or go buy their Best Of book, a good read. The editors have repeatedly stated that they're against using the term "cracker" to denote a malicious hacker. I never said whether or not cracker is the correct term, just that 2600 disagrees.
I was referring to the parent poster who (sarcastically) was saying it's cracking, not hacking. The editors of 2600 have repeatedly stated that they don't support segregating cracking and hacking, that malicious acts do fall under "hacking" just as much as non-malicious acts.
2600 would disagree
In college, all of the IT degrees were part of the School of Business rather than the School of Technology - and all of the professors preached that while tech is cool, it's useless if it doesn't help the business. So far in my professional career, I've found that to always be the case.
There are already protections in place - very similar to the most basic ones for alcohol that existed before the government had to regulate them. It's called "don't go to places where stuff is that you don't want to be around". Don't want to be around booze, stay out of bars and liquor stores. Don't want to be around porn, keep the default safe search on when you use Google and don't put naughtyasiantrannieswithanappetiteforexcrement.org in your address bar.
Just because you already learned it in sex ed years earlier doesn't mean you should know it!
I thought the Internet already had an opt-in. It's called getting on the Internet. There's already plenty of solutions for parents to limit what children can see on the Internet (including technological solutions and good parenting). Why fuck it up for the rest of us by adding yet another layer of complexity that can go wrong and block everything?
"Teacher, I couldn't do my homework because the government required an opt-in for Wikipedia because there could be a link to a link to an article with citations that might contain a penis."
There's a fair bit of 32bit software that won't run on x64 OS, even with compatibility mode.
The early rumors were that Windows 8 would be x64 only (like Server 2008 R2). From an end-user-with-a-lot-of-32bit-apps perspective, I'm glad to see they're supporting x86. From a sys-admin-who-hates-having-two-architectures-per-print-driver perspective, I can't wait until x86 is dropped altogether.
Most nerds wouldn't give a damn about everything matching. Functionality over aesthetics. I'd buy a Hello Kitty television if it were the best damned TV for the money.
My wisdom teeth were at a 90 degree angle from what they should have been, which made the surgery much more fun and interesting.
When I broke my leg (shattered lower part of my tib/fib, required inserting a rod through my bone and several screws), they shot something in my spine that made me unconscious instantly. Best damned anesthetic ever - took five people to hold me upright while they administered it and I was out before I felt the needle. I begged them to give me the same stuff for my second (less major) leg surgery, but they refused - made me sad.
I did the same for my BT. Once in a while, the international version would have the page numbers slightly off or somesuch, but nothing major. I never noticed a quality difference between them and the US versions my classmates had.
You have an excellent point about the high-grade materials for a book with minor re-useability. Of the 30 or so books I had for college, I only kept 4 of them - none of which were intended to be textbooks.