1. It seems to me that the credibility of the NSA is such that I don't believe much if anything they say. As such I am going to disbelieve this until substantial evidence supporting it is presented.
2. Even if it is true, the fact that many NSA data gathering programs are accompanied by gag orders and other secrecy requirements there is no particular reason for me to believe that the cooperation of the companies was at all voluntary and they could disclose what was happening to my data without peril of extreme and secret legal penalties.
So all in all this is a completely ridiculous thing for him to say, and it has no particular utility for the general public even if it were absolutely true.
The worst industrial disaster in US history occurred in 1947 when a series of explosions killed 581 people, including all but one member of the Texas City fire department.
One thing to be aware of is that there is more than one type of pancreatic cancer. The most common type (95%) is very aggressive and by the time it is detected in most people it is too late. 5 year survival of stage 1 cases is only 12%.
The other type (5%) creates slow growing or even benign (neuroendocrine) tumors. This is what Steve Jobs had. 5-year survival of stage 1 cases is 61%.
Steve Jobs delayed treatment by going off on alternative medicine until the cancer advanced to stage IV. At that point survival rates are 15% or so.
Basically Steve committed misguided suicide. Who ever advised him in this foolish escapade should be in jail.
The day we demoted Pluto from planethood everything started going downhill fast.
First thing we had the biggest recession since the Great Depression. Then there were as series of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. And a DEMOCRAT was elected President! And then there is H1N1!!.
The fact is you do not want to denigrate objects named after Gods of the Underworld. Seriously you don't mess with stuff belonging to this guy. What if he curses you with a rain of Plutonium? eh?
Primary pleaders they are called sometimes by Congress. That is people who come before committees asking for some legislation that will benefit them directly.
Justifiably they are given a great dose of skepticism (but probably not enough).
Please, no more articles based on the writings of a primary pleader.
LOL. Like Panama has any ability to withstand a US military adventure. Nor does China have any ability to project force into Panama.
And no, the US is not giving up control over the internet. Fundamentally the internet infrastructure is controlled by the political bodies governing the countries it resides in. The US does not, and never did have control of the internet outside of the US.
Huh? Health care insurance is a way of socializing the risk of getting sick. I am in favor of the idea. But because of the socialization, people have a duty to society to minimize their risk of getting sick.
Rejecting vaccination is behaving irresponsibly. It's no different from taking other actions that could get your insurance cancelled, such as consistently driving recklessly.
Well, presidential limos generally have to be built to withstand a pretty powerful explosion going off underneath the car. Think IED mines.
This would be kinda dicey given this is exactly the location of greatest vulnerability of the Tesla with all that battery + stored energy also located along the bottom of the car. Even a moderate explosion could set off a nasty fire forcing the Prez to abandon his protection.
No, I do not think this is a very good idea. Much better to base it on a conventional design.
Low sampling rate MP3s can be obviously and audibly pretty bad on a good pair of headphones. Once you get to higher sampling rates you are generally in pretty good shape.
The comment in the story about CDs is really ridiculous. A properly mastered CD is really about as good as you need even on a very high end music system in a purpose built room with carefully designed acoustics.
There is no need for a new format. The idea that LPs are better is hogwash. The only time LPs sound better is when they are mastered with more dynamic range than whatever you are comparing them to is.
Now if he were talking about fixing the mastering process that would be a different kettle of fish. What is done to popular music in mastering, especially with dynamic range compression should be a crime. It has destroyed the value of music produced during the last 30 years.
Neil Young is selling bullshit. This is a complete scam he's trying to pull off.
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1. It seems to me that the credibility of the NSA is such that I don't believe much if anything they say. As such I am going to disbelieve this until substantial evidence supporting it is presented.
2. Even if it is true, the fact that many NSA data gathering programs are accompanied by gag orders and other secrecy requirements there is no particular reason for me to believe that the cooperation of the companies was at all voluntary and they could disclose what was happening to my data without peril of extreme and secret legal penalties.
So all in all this is a completely ridiculous thing for him to say, and it has no particular utility for the general public even if it were absolutely true.
A recent study revealed the startling conclusion that 50% of US residents have below average cognitive abilities.
The worst industrial disaster in US history occurred in 1947 when a series of explosions killed 581 people, including all but one member of the Texas City fire department.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T...
The initial blast was also one of the largest non-nuclear explosion in US history.
Jobs was not merely taking advise and self treating. He was seeing quacks who were giving him treatment programs like juice fasts and acupuncture.
These people should be in jail.
One thing to be aware of is that there is more than one type of pancreatic cancer. The most common type (95%) is very aggressive and by the time it is detected in most people it is too late. 5 year survival of stage 1 cases is only 12%.
The other type (5%) creates slow growing or even benign (neuroendocrine) tumors. This is what Steve Jobs had. 5-year survival of stage 1 cases is 61%.
Steve Jobs delayed treatment by going off on alternative medicine until the cancer advanced to stage IV. At that point survival rates are 15% or so.
Basically Steve committed misguided suicide. Who ever advised him in this foolish escapade should be in jail.
> The biggest problem with herbal remedies is there are few scientific studies done to back up the claims
No, the real problem with herbs is that the people who advocate alternative medicine encourage people to not get proper treatment.
Steve Jobs would likely be alive today if he had undergone treatment by modern scientific medicine instead of woo bullshit.
Apparently some libertarians also like to engage in ad hominem attacks.
The day we demoted Pluto from planethood everything started going downhill fast.
First thing we had the biggest recession since the Great Depression. Then there were as series of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. And a DEMOCRAT was elected President! And then there is H1N1!!.
The fact is you do not want to denigrate objects named after Gods of the Underworld. Seriously you don't mess with stuff belonging to this guy. What if he curses you with a rain of Plutonium? eh?
Sure. All objects named after the God of The Underworld and radioactive elements Shalt Be Planets.
It's not arbitrary either because I say so.
Many of the same people who call themselves libertarians also express the viewpoint that man's activities cannot possible influence our ecology.
Do you suffer from poor reading comprehension?
I pointed out none of her job titles indicated any engineering responsibility. Not just her education is lacking, but work experience as well.
Come on man.
How is this person an engineer?
Her linkedin profile shows a degree in marketing and job titles in design and marketing. Not any engineering background to be seen.
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ju...
Sorry, but no.
Primary pleaders they are called sometimes by Congress. That is people who come before committees asking for some legislation that will benefit them directly.
Justifiably they are given a great dose of skepticism (but probably not enough).
Please, no more articles based on the writings of a primary pleader.
Go ask Saddam Hussein about that.
1, They haven't started digging yet. Still in the gum flapping stage.
2. Even if they do dig it, Nicaragua, not China will have the controlling interest. Nicaragua will.
3. China does NOT have anything like a blue water navy. There is no chance they could project force into Central America.
Next time try to get a better percentage of your facts right.
NOT Sonicwall!!! Gawd it SUX.
The less your UI has in common with that clusterfuck the better.
Lots of countries have turned off the internet within their borders. You can't route around a national border.
This is a complete non-story.
LOL. Like Panama has any ability to withstand a US military adventure. Nor does China have any ability to project force into Panama.
And no, the US is not giving up control over the internet. Fundamentally the internet infrastructure is controlled by the political bodies governing the countries it resides in. The US does not, and never did have control of the internet outside of the US.
US activities re confiscating domain names has been laughably ineffective because it's limited to US controlled TLDs.
Huh? Health care insurance is a way of socializing the risk of getting sick. I am in favor of the idea. But because of the socialization, people have a duty to society to minimize their risk of getting sick.
Rejecting vaccination is behaving irresponsibly. It's no different from taking other actions that could get your insurance cancelled, such as consistently driving recklessly.
Simply make them criminally liable for any other people who catch measles from them or their children.
Also revoke their health care coverage. And eliminate excused exemptions from vaccinations except when approved by a panel of doctors.
16 acres is going to supply 454 families?
Not even close.
Likely off by a factor of 50-100 or so.
Well, presidential limos generally have to be built to withstand a pretty powerful explosion going off underneath the car. Think IED mines.
This would be kinda dicey given this is exactly the location of greatest vulnerability of the Tesla with all that battery + stored energy also located along the bottom of the car. Even a moderate explosion could set off a nasty fire forcing the Prez to abandon his protection.
No, I do not think this is a very good idea. Much better to base it on a conventional design.
Low sampling rate MP3s can be obviously and audibly pretty bad on a good pair of headphones. Once you get to higher sampling rates you are generally in pretty good shape.
The comment in the story about CDs is really ridiculous. A properly mastered CD is really about as good as you need even on a very high end music system in a purpose built room with carefully designed acoustics.
There is no need for a new format. The idea that LPs are better is hogwash. The only time LPs sound better is when they are mastered with more dynamic range than whatever you are comparing them to is.
Now if he were talking about fixing the mastering process that would be a different kettle of fish. What is done to popular music in mastering, especially with dynamic range compression should be a crime. It has destroyed the value of music produced during the last 30 years.
Neil Young is selling bullshit. This is a complete scam he's trying to pull off.
It's an artifact of the capital markets. The same thing happened in the late '50s with the 'Tronics Boom'
Going back 80 years earlier it was the railroads.
It's a side effect of the 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...