It's kind of a tricky one. Large swathes of coastal areas will be inundated. This is a problem because that's where most of the people live, and it will be hugely disruptive to move them elsewhere. Europe, northern India, most of the southern US, Brazil and large areas of South America would be swamped if the ice caps melted. Even in higher areas you can expect major trouble as dry hot areas spread and extreme weather becomes more common.
However a lot of Siberia and Canada would become very habitable, and the higher temperatures, precipitation and carbon dioxide levels should in theory lead to an increase in the overall size and diversity of the biosphere, more rainforests basically, as long as we don't cut them all down again.
Time does not equal money. One may sell his time, but there are quite a few who will give it to you for free.
Of course time equals money. Even when it's being given away for free the author usually hopes to build up a portfolio or something similar. Good writers are hard to find, and get paid well. My time isn't free either, so if a movie sucks I'm not going to put my time into watching it, free or not. It's hard to find unbiased reviews however.
Yeah this is what I was thinking. It's not neccessarily a smart accounting move to pay off your loan early, and usually comes with an opportunity cost. I however am not Elon Musk, so... good I guess?
I love the spin they are putting on it though. How do you make someone grateful for punching them in the face? Tell them the alternative is breaking their legs. I'd bet even money that this has been the long term plan for some time.
It's far too easy to abuse, I mean sure if society gave men and women the same crack of the whip in terms of employment and earning power it might be alright, but in most places where polygamy exists men have a far louder voice in most respects. Simultaneously I feel fairly happy supporting polyandry for similar reasons. Polygamy is a whole nother thing.
Let's focus on the real ethics of robotic warfare: how our leaders choose to use the tools we have made.
I'm more interested in the imbalance of power robots have the potential to create. Not an imbalance between countries but between the personal power of a few and the the rest of us. What if Tony Stark or Superman were real, and complete sociopaths to boot? Why wouldn't they rule this rock like god-kings? When a few wealthy people or politicians can remote control an entire army sans restriction, we're going to start seeing a new and very ugly kind of tyranny emerging. Maybe not in western democracies, hopefully not anyway, but the potential is there.
The more time passes the more the world starts to look like CP2020, we have out of control corporations pushing around corrupt governments, street gangs getting jobs from fixers, all it needs now is a direct brain interface with the internet and we're there.
Rapid release cycles are a prime example of this as they are extremely antagonistic to enterprise / corporate environments. These environments like something called stability and they are far more interested in a predictable and bug free experience that the latest shiny new thing.
Yes but... where do you put the meter? I know of entire government departments still using IE6, often stability is preferrred over everything else, even if it is the stability of the devil you know rather than actually being stable.
The armed forces and police, directed by the government, probably won't permit a violent revolution to take place in this modern day, they are too well organised
That's why you shoot the politicians, not the police.
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That is all.
That money was just resting in my account!
It's kind of a tricky one. Large swathes of coastal areas will be inundated. This is a problem because that's where most of the people live, and it will be hugely disruptive to move them elsewhere. Europe, northern India, most of the southern US, Brazil and large areas of South America would be swamped if the ice caps melted. Even in higher areas you can expect major trouble as dry hot areas spread and extreme weather becomes more common.
However a lot of Siberia and Canada would become very habitable, and the higher temperatures, precipitation and carbon dioxide levels should in theory lead to an increase in the overall size and diversity of the biosphere, more rainforests basically, as long as we don't cut them all down again.
Also on a personal note, I would miss snow.
Time does not equal money. One may sell his time, but there are quite a few who will give it to you for free.
Of course time equals money. Even when it's being given away for free the author usually hopes to build up a portfolio or something similar. Good writers are hard to find, and get paid well. My time isn't free either, so if a movie sucks I'm not going to put my time into watching it, free or not. It's hard to find unbiased reviews however.
That is rowboat with some kind of wings attached. Not flying wings but insect wings. Is this some kind of joke?
One might argue that is a lower price to pay than the cost of law enforcement and the enrichment of criminal gangs with ensuing civil disruption.
$125 for one, $25 each for the next step up, that should tell you all you need to know. It's rent seeking.
As long as people are either metallers or candy ravers.
I have a doubt or two about the efficacy of this technology.
It's not really resale they are talking about, it's license transfer.
Yeah this is what I was thinking. It's not neccessarily a smart accounting move to pay off your loan early, and usually comes with an opportunity cost. I however am not Elon Musk, so... good I guess?
Pirated games are a great way to join someone's botnet. Movies and music are usually safe enough.
Once nobody tries to take their red stapler all should be well.
I love the spin they are putting on it though. How do you make someone grateful for punching them in the face? Tell them the alternative is breaking their legs. I'd bet even money that this has been the long term plan for some time.
Linux Mint is a shining example of Linux as a functional desktop OS.
Did they ever get the man pages working on that?
It's far too easy to abuse, I mean sure if society gave men and women the same crack of the whip in terms of employment and earning power it might be alright, but in most places where polygamy exists men have a far louder voice in most respects. Simultaneously I feel fairly happy supporting polyandry for similar reasons. Polygamy is a whole nother thing.
Documentation, plentiful comments, well put together code - these things save lots and lots of money.
You need to think it a little deeper.
The reason they are desperately trying to stretch out the life of the old plants is because
It's because a completed plant is a sunk cost investment. The more they stretch out the life of the plant, the more profit they make, simply put.
Let's focus on the real ethics of robotic warfare: how our leaders choose to use the tools we have made.
I'm more interested in the imbalance of power robots have the potential to create. Not an imbalance between countries but between the personal power of a few and the the rest of us. What if Tony Stark or Superman were real, and complete sociopaths to boot? Why wouldn't they rule this rock like god-kings? When a few wealthy people or politicians can remote control an entire army sans restriction, we're going to start seeing a new and very ugly kind of tyranny emerging. Maybe not in western democracies, hopefully not anyway, but the potential is there.
Accumulating the knowledge so you didn't need trial and error probably took a fair bit of trial and error to start out with though. :)
Know what happens to people who insist they are special? They get beat down.
What?!
The more time passes the more the world starts to look like CP2020, we have out of control corporations pushing around corrupt governments, street gangs getting jobs from fixers, all it needs now is a direct brain interface with the internet and we're there.
Kinda cool in a way.
Rapid release cycles are a prime example of this as they are extremely antagonistic to enterprise / corporate environments. These environments like something called stability and they are far more interested in a predictable and bug free experience that the latest shiny new thing.
Yes but... where do you put the meter? I know of entire government departments still using IE6, often stability is preferrred over everything else, even if it is the stability of the devil you know rather than actually being stable.
The armed forces and police, directed by the government, probably won't permit a violent revolution to take place in this modern day, they are too well organised
That's why you shoot the politicians, not the police.
Aquifer. I don't think this is connected to groundwater pumping.
The European Union begs to differ.