And that's a completely different problem, one that is currently being tackled by a number of people. By the way, that's why its dangerous to use economic models developed for commodities when dealing with non-commodity goods, there are a ton of extra inputs into deriving something as "simple" as a demand curve for non-commodity goods.
That's not a completely different problem at all. That's the only problem that matters.
I don't know what you mean by "being tackled", but I sure don't want some computer somewhere telling me what my wants and desires should be.
The USSR tried to tackle the commodity pricing problem. They failed badly, leading to massive shortages and black markets that reflected actual commodity pricing.
Well, if you get enough people making theories, some of them are going to get it right, by pure chance, but... how will the leaders choose which people to believe?
Don't believe anyone that thinks the solution to a bubble induced recession is to print enough money to induce another bubble and you'll be doing just fine.
The emergent intelligence of the market will likely never be able to be simulated.
A centralized model can't react in real time to factors that change by the minute or by the second like human actors can.
What was desirable to us one minute ago may no longer be desirable to us. What was desirable one minute ago to me may have never been desirable to you!
No formula can ever quantify that value. It's subjective.
In the US you can do your all your own electrical work (in most areas at least) and then get it inspected, in the UK only licensed electricians may work on anything at all.
In the 2008 NEC, nearly all outlets will be required to have combination AFCI and GFCI breakers, as well as shuttered outlets.
2008 NEC is already in effect in several states, and will be in effect nationwide in a few years. States and localities aren't forced to adopt it, but most do.
That's not logical at all. Barriers would destroy the value of the Internet, and if any carrier were stupid enough to use them, people would scream bloody murder until they were removed.
Net neutrality laws proposed to date have been concerned with what happens in the middle. None of them will do anything to solve the last mile natural monopoly.
I know nothing of your economic or political opinions, but you are turning classical liberalism on its head.
No he's not. Every action has an opportunity cost. If you are posting on slashdot it's because you judged it to be the best value for your time (for whatever likely subconscious reason, that probably involves Natalie Portman or something). The reward need not be monetary.
Yeah except if you want rsync to preserve resource forks, you invoke the broken and shitty part of the code.
rsync -E runs out of memory on anything approaching a large data set, and it also considers the resource forks "dirty" every time you sync, so it's slow as hell too.
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Humans are not a physical system.
And that's a completely different problem, one that is currently being tackled by a number of people. By the way, that's why its dangerous to use economic models developed for commodities when dealing with non-commodity goods, there are a ton of extra inputs into deriving something as "simple" as a demand curve for non-commodity goods.
That's not a completely different problem at all. That's the only problem that matters.
I don't know what you mean by "being tackled", but I sure don't want some computer somewhere telling me what my wants and desires should be.
The USSR tried to tackle the commodity pricing problem. They failed badly, leading to massive shortages and black markets that reflected actual commodity pricing.
Well, if you get enough people making theories, some of them are going to get it right, by pure chance, but... how will the leaders choose which people to believe?
Don't believe anyone that thinks the solution to a bubble induced recession is to print enough money to induce another bubble and you'll be doing just fine.
The emergent intelligence of the market will likely never be able to be simulated.
A centralized model can't react in real time to factors that change by the minute or by the second like human actors can.
What was desirable to us one minute ago may no longer be desirable to us.
What was desirable one minute ago to me may have never been desirable to you!
No formula can ever quantify that value. It's subjective.
I'm pretty sure ring mains haven't been used for years, and only exist in older installations.
I don't know of any requirement to turn them ground pin up.
I guess some localities may require it, but it's not in the NEC.
More and more electricians are doing it now though, mostly because the logic of dropping something flat into a half-plugged plug does make more sense.
In the US you can do your all your own electrical work (in most areas at least) and then get it inspected, in the UK only licensed electricians may work on anything at all.
If you shoot someone in the head with a pistol round, the bullet doesn't make it all the way through ever.
Really, a rifle round never makes it all the way through either, what's coming out the other side is usually just fragments and a lot of bloody pulp.
Have fun calling an electrician every time you need minor electrical work done.
In the 2008 NEC, nearly all outlets will be required to have combination AFCI and GFCI breakers, as well as shuttered outlets.
2008 NEC is already in effect in several states, and will be in effect nationwide in a few years. States and localities aren't forced to adopt it, but most do.
The 2008 NEC requires shuttering outlets in the US. It's just a matter of time.
They used one of these to trap the bad guys in that old Superman movie.
I'm a relatively senior development manager in Windows.
Not any more!
Only if you live in some kind of socialist welfare state with nationalized health care.
It could not, if you were in orbit and pointed it at the ground, break you out of orbit.>
You're doing it wrong. Google prograde burn.
Imagine if we could do a close flyby on another solar system!
A close flyby at 0.5C might not be as exciting as you'd think.
I think I am one of "them", or something.
Corporations can't donate to campaigns. Not directly at least.
That's not logical at all. Barriers would destroy the value of the Internet, and if any carrier were stupid enough to use them, people would scream bloody murder until they were removed.
Net neutrality laws proposed to date have been concerned with what happens in the middle. None of them will do anything to solve the last mile natural monopoly.
Robert Malcolm McDowell ... the head of the FCC?
Why do you think the Internet needs regulation?
You could hire an illegal immigrant midget to follow you around and carry the book.
I know nothing of your economic or political opinions, but you are turning classical liberalism on its head.
No he's not. Every action has an opportunity cost. If you are posting on slashdot it's because you judged it to be the best value for your time (for whatever likely subconscious reason, that probably involves Natalie Portman or something). The reward need not be monetary.
Yeah except if you want rsync to preserve resource forks, you invoke the broken and shitty part of the code.
rsync -E runs out of memory on anything approaching a large data set, and it also considers the resource forks "dirty" every time you sync, so it's slow as hell too.