Combine them with wax earplugs. I had the same problem there for a couple of years, and it was bliss to be able to just turn off all outside noise. Cheap too! I recommend Quies pure wax.
Genius! Can we use this to set the RIAA on the RIAA and hence cause a divide by zero situation whereby the organisation consumes itself in a welter of litigation?
Not typical PR folks, poor quality PR folks. Good PR folks would have you believing that the two parties are somehow different. Don't be so down on the general public, they need leadership, this miasma of legal webbing sprouting everywhere produces only lawyer-leaders, who know best how to argue and stack the jury. Politicians are perfectly well informed, but only on those things that ensure they get re-elected.
What? eReader tablet = epaper/eink. I have a netbook, a neat little Samsung, and the keys are perfectly usable, widely spaced, its great. I take it with me on day trips, vacations, anywhere I won't have to do heavy lifting in terms of coding. For office stuff it zips along, six hours battery life, and honestly is an all in one communicatons hub. If I need a tablet (ie for cramped commuting) I'll just use my phone.
It's hard to see why anybody would buy a specialized eReader tablet when you can get a general purpose Android or Windows 8 RT tablet for about the same price
Its harder to read on a general purpose device. To be honest I don't see tablets having the staying power, I need a keyboard to do work of any sort, I'd rather get a netbook. I guess for commuters they have value.
And had this been a Microsoft experience, millions of people would probably have downloaded it and never been informed when it was patched six months later - if it had been caught at all. I mean where did you think all those botnets are coming from?
How do you think those "uneducated and ignorant" voters are going to react if you try to rule them without representation? Who sets these tests to determine the worthy from the unworthy, wise philosopher princes? And being able to pass a test is no indication of wisdom and not much of intelligent.
The problem isn't the voters, the problem is that the political setup favours the ascendancy of sociopaths, people who can look you in the eye and lie smiling, who while very adept at acquiring power, are really bad at leadership except to improve their own lot. It lends itself to capture. This is also why nuclear weapons are effective war stoppers, politicans know they can't just order wave after wave of conscipts to absorb the blast wave.
Change the system and you change the result. Ban budding dynasties and nepotism. Ban any man or woman from holding political office for more than two terms. Reduce pensions, ban political donations, if they want to get voted in let them do so on their own merits. Maker sure that public service is foremost in their minds, not personal gain.
Hold referendums after politicans complete their term in office, if the voters feel they upheld their election promises, they get all of their pay. If not, they get to keep their minimum wage. Remove the influence of self interested bodies as much as possible, mandate wide ranging technocratic depth of expertise on policy issues rather than party hacks stuffing public positions. Root out corruption and inefficiencies. Disassemble private organisations that have become "too big to fail", share their responsibilities out among competing groups.
Do these all sound like good ideas? I don't even live in the US, but I guarantee these sound like good ideas _everywhere_. Because its the same problem everywhere. And the problem is not the voters.
Correct me if I'm wrong here, but don't shorter half lives mean the material is much more dangerous? I mean do we really care that something has a half life of four hundred thousand years if its just a notch above background radiation levels, and less than the background level naturally in many places?
The most successful KSs I've seen are from established companies/people with a track record using it largely as a preorder tool, that's where it works best really. And as you say, you generally get the product with your pledge. Yes, its harder to get people to give you money when you have no track record and no product, that will never change no matter what platform is used, that hard grind has to get done first.
You'd have a good lengthy window though, where they might be falling in price but still worth more than gold for some decades. Especially if they were attached to important missions, then they gain historical value as well. Say the first mission to set up a moon base in a lava tube also ships back a hundred tons of moon rock, that stuff would have permanent significance. Maybe even get some artisans to work the stone.
The point being that its a little hard to have a proxy war without proxies. Really I'm all in favour of a Pax Atomica, give everyone twenty nukes and the means to deliver them, it would be a golden age of peace and prosperity. Most of the military could be retired on the spot.
Any nation with the chops to build aircraft carriers is also able to build nuclear weapons, and so is not a nation to attack one way or the other. Therefore aircraft carriers only really serve a purpose in pushing around less technologically advanced countries. Rather than contemplating the morality involved, it does seem inevitable that the value of aircraft carriers must decrease as more and more nations advance to the "unattackable" stage of development.
Entire industries have been built upon the adage, "one man can do what another can do". Willpower and motivation are more important than raw intelligence, I've lost count of the number of tortoises that have outpaced hares in my experience.
The divide between designers and developers appears to be another example of this. Yes it helps to be so inclined, but 99% perspiration and all that. Its a skill, like any other, just as sales or electrical engineering are skills. Sure the Picassos are a rare breed, but that doesn't mean someone can't pick it up and become a damn good example of an artist if they really wanted to.
Public sector unions are in a unique position whereby their members operate important or vital national infrastructure. The police in many places are forbidden to go on strike, in recognition of this fact. The bottom line is that if you have unions with often effectively unsackable members in charge of things like water and power, you're going to get bent over a barrel.
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Combine them with wax earplugs. I had the same problem there for a couple of years, and it was bliss to be able to just turn off all outside noise. Cheap too! I recommend Quies pure wax.
Genius! Can we use this to set the RIAA on the RIAA and hence cause a divide by zero situation whereby the organisation consumes itself in a welter of litigation?
Or maybe pinch to zoom is irrelevant because the screen is large enough that you don't need to zoom.
Not typical PR folks, poor quality PR folks. Good PR folks would have you believing that the two parties are somehow different. Don't be so down on the general public, they need leadership, this miasma of legal webbing sprouting everywhere produces only lawyer-leaders, who know best how to argue and stack the jury. Politicians are perfectly well informed, but only on those things that ensure they get re-elected.
Power as an end unto itself is an end indeed.
What? eReader tablet = epaper/eink. I have a netbook, a neat little Samsung, and the keys are perfectly usable, widely spaced, its great. I take it with me on day trips, vacations, anywhere I won't have to do heavy lifting in terms of coding. For office stuff it zips along, six hours battery life, and honestly is an all in one communicatons hub. If I need a tablet (ie for cramped commuting) I'll just use my phone.
It's hard to see why anybody would buy a specialized eReader tablet when you can get a general purpose Android or Windows 8 RT tablet for about the same price
Its harder to read on a general purpose device. To be honest I don't see tablets having the staying power, I need a keyboard to do work of any sort, I'd rather get a netbook. I guess for commuters they have value.
I can pick up a book. I can't pick up nine hundred of them and put them in my pocket. That's really the key advantage of e-ink readers.
And had this been a Microsoft experience, millions of people would probably have downloaded it and never been informed when it was patched six months later - if it had been caught at all. I mean where did you think all those botnets are coming from?
How do you think those "uneducated and ignorant" voters are going to react if you try to rule them without representation? Who sets these tests to determine the worthy from the unworthy, wise philosopher princes? And being able to pass a test is no indication of wisdom and not much of intelligent.
The problem isn't the voters, the problem is that the political setup favours the ascendancy of sociopaths, people who can look you in the eye and lie smiling, who while very adept at acquiring power, are really bad at leadership except to improve their own lot. It lends itself to capture. This is also why nuclear weapons are effective war stoppers, politicans know they can't just order wave after wave of conscipts to absorb the blast wave.
Change the system and you change the result. Ban budding dynasties and nepotism. Ban any man or woman from holding political office for more than two terms. Reduce pensions, ban political donations, if they want to get voted in let them do so on their own merits. Maker sure that public service is foremost in their minds, not personal gain.
Hold referendums after politicans complete their term in office, if the voters feel they upheld their election promises, they get all of their pay. If not, they get to keep their minimum wage. Remove the influence of self interested bodies as much as possible, mandate wide ranging technocratic depth of expertise on policy issues rather than party hacks stuffing public positions. Root out corruption and inefficiencies. Disassemble private organisations that have become "too big to fail", share their responsibilities out among competing groups.
Do these all sound like good ideas? I don't even live in the US, but I guarantee these sound like good ideas _everywhere_. Because its the same problem everywhere. And the problem is not the voters.
The backronym is bad enough, but where can I get me one of these "science cameras"?
Correct me if I'm wrong here, but don't shorter half lives mean the material is much more dangerous? I mean do we really care that something has a half life of four hundred thousand years if its just a notch above background radiation levels, and less than the background level naturally in many places?
The most successful KSs I've seen are from established companies/people with a track record using it largely as a preorder tool, that's where it works best really. And as you say, you generally get the product with your pledge. Yes, its harder to get people to give you money when you have no track record and no product, that will never change no matter what platform is used, that hard grind has to get done first.
You'd have a good lengthy window though, where they might be falling in price but still worth more than gold for some decades. Especially if they were attached to important missions, then they gain historical value as well. Say the first mission to set up a moon base in a lava tube also ships back a hundred tons of moon rock, that stuff would have permanent significance. Maybe even get some artisans to work the stone.
Are the schools to blame though, or rent seeking stock photo sources? Some of the licences these guys try to pull are insane.
Weddings? I love weddings, drinks all round!
But when has the sovereign soil of a nuclear armed nation ever been violated in war? No proxies, no war.
French people don't mess around when it comes to their food, the entire country almost literally shuts down at dinnertime.
The point being that its a little hard to have a proxy war without proxies. Really I'm all in favour of a Pax Atomica, give everyone twenty nukes and the means to deliver them, it would be a golden age of peace and prosperity. Most of the military could be retired on the spot.
Any nation with the chops to build aircraft carriers is also able to build nuclear weapons, and so is not a nation to attack one way or the other. Therefore aircraft carriers only really serve a purpose in pushing around less technologically advanced countries. Rather than contemplating the morality involved, it does seem inevitable that the value of aircraft carriers must decrease as more and more nations advance to the "unattackable" stage of development.
DeBeers gets rich by convincing men that they have to be paid before we can get access to women's heavenly parts.
Would it not be the women who are being convinced? I mean otherwise it wouldn't matter.
I'm fairly sure superluminal phenomena have been observed. They aren't going faster than light but they appear to be.
But if you have nine people involved, it only takes one month! Or so my manager told me once.
Entire industries have been built upon the adage, "one man can do what another can do". Willpower and motivation are more important than raw intelligence, I've lost count of the number of tortoises that have outpaced hares in my experience.
The divide between designers and developers appears to be another example of this. Yes it helps to be so inclined, but 99% perspiration and all that. Its a skill, like any other, just as sales or electrical engineering are skills. Sure the Picassos are a rare breed, but that doesn't mean someone can't pick it up and become a damn good example of an artist if they really wanted to.
Public sector unions are in a unique position whereby their members operate important or vital national infrastructure. The police in many places are forbidden to go on strike, in recognition of this fact. The bottom line is that if you have unions with often effectively unsackable members in charge of things like water and power, you're going to get bent over a barrel.
They want to be left alone, I say grant them their wish.