Probably time for people to start moving away from meat, anyway. The amount of water and acreage of agricultural production, including various uses of petroleum (gas, diesel) required to raise one pound of beef, it's a luxury we can ill afford much more than once a week.
There's also the extreme damage to lands by cattle grazing, which leads to erosion, including landslides. Time to move on from meat.
The Russians have the same capability that we would have today if we kept building and launching Apollo command and service modules on Saturn 1. If you want to see how bad things are there, look at what happened to the one remaining Buran.
Commercial spaceflight is really the only hope. And so far we have one company that appears to be capable of doing it, and a very large number of failed efforts, which I guess is what is to be expected. We're really lucky to have that one company.
The minute private interests lose people on their own ventures you'll see how interested they remain in pursuing it.
One thing to have Ronnie make a heartfelt speach, another to hear a CEO anguish over it (and how it will affect the business, what with lawsuits, etc.)
Still feeling the way forward is through NASA, but perhaps with some partnership on these things.
Twitter was nearly useless, with all the chaff and incomplete information "It's over my house! #spottheshuttle"Where is your house?!? Blah blah blah I'm standing on a roof and NASA coverage, which was replays of the previous day's flight. We finally found a USTREAM from Ames and after watching it pass out of the frame we all scampered outside to wait, as it wouldn't be long. Finally spotted it and I got a few pictures. Probably the most photographed object in the world, today.
Even go so far as to pay them. Finding these holes should be done before harm happens. Futher, Apple should review their coders who leave the gaps in and train (or sack) them.
I won roughly $200 from a lottery, and the guy who was supposed to find me used 14 days to deliver the prize. He sent an email saying that I had won those money and just to register at a site to win the prize. I thought it was an attempt to scam me for money, so I made his job very hard. It didn't help when the company in question changed its name. I wondered what on earth was going on.
AllAboutTheBaby keeps calling my mobile phone and would like my address, birthdate, bank acount, etc, for awarding me a $100 prize. Right!
Meanwhile, I hope those chocolate bars are clearly labeled or you'll see something like this: Man Sues Candy Company Over Poisoning: "Tasted Like Resistors," Says Victim
Ha! Another chapter in great security waitasec, that's my password, too...
I remember back when some clowns in Milwaukee , the 414's, who wanted to sell their story to Hollywood for a movie, books, etcs. All they did was use default passwords on DEC systems to log in ([1,2] was SYSTEM unless you changed it on first day.) Even our Digital field techs would set the Field Service operator account password to DECAPR, DECMAY or whatever the month was.
Why Troll Bridge? Why not another Discworld novel or short story? Perfect length? Was it the easiest to envision? Requires the least special effects? Your favorite of the Discworld stories? The only one you could secure the rights to?
I think small budgets have not done justice to any of the Discworld films I've seen so far. They're good, but nothing like they should be. I understand Pterry is wary of Hollywood doing a number on his books and has thus shied from their money and producers.
But of the Discworld films I've seen done so far, I really feel they've been hurt by working under small budgets (TV movie, rather than cinematic) Going Postal was a bit painful to watch, set in a couple of derelict old buildings with a small square between. Hope to see some better films as the books are great.
Let's not forget that Microsoft Research has done remarkable job at discovering and developing real life HUDs. For example back in 2004 Bill Gates himself assigned the goal of
How would HUD even work since your eyes need to focus on elements between far and close? Would you need to focus on the HUD? Does glasses work the same way? Could some nerd with glasses explain how do you focus on things?
I don't focus on the glasses lens, I focus on whatever object I'm looking at, the light reflected from which is modified by the structure of the lens.
HUD I don't know about, but can tell you, focusing on something an inch in infront of your eye is near impossible, so whatever a HUD does it must project like the image is at a distance. Probably works great for people with good eyesight already, but us aging geeks may require some adjustment as the old eyes don't want to focus up close like they once did.
Having actually seen the movie, it much ado about nothing. Yes, it is offensive in a Monty Python sort of way. Think of the movie "Life of Brian" but done on a shoe string budget with bad acting, horrible editing, and obvious overdubbing.
Heck, that is giving too much credit to the producers and making the "Life of Brian" seem worse than it really is. Well, blessed are the cheese makers.....
... google taking it down wouldn't help at this point.
Doesn't matter anyway, most of these protesters are taking it word of mouth from word of mouth from word of mouth. Few have likely seen it. Few even stop to consider if it even has merit (being seen to think for yourself can be hazardous to your health in some circles.)
It is unfortunate, but nothing new to Christians who have seen their faith run through the artistic expression and philosophical (to say nothing of the internet trolling) wringers. Perhaps there would be some good if it got some people to think, but see above. The people who tell these people to be angry like their control over them.
Yea, I'll wait for more wind farms to actually be build.
I know folks that build those giant wind turbines. They think they build a good product (and they do), but not a single one thinks it'll be more than a supplemental. If for nothing else... Not In My Back Yard.
There are a few wind farms within 100 miles of where I live and the newer 1.5 Megawatt jobs are usually placed in range land, where cattle or sheep are raised. There are some very ideal places, but there's some resistance due to aesthetics (you can have 1 big ugly power plant or several hectares area of wind turbines) There's also concern over hawks and other birds being whacked by the blades, but the answer there is to work on better designs.
This just establishes the fact that Google is not necessarily evil.
FTFY
Aliyun (alien?) is clearly written in code lifted from Android without Google's permission. While Android sources are available, that doesn't mean you can just take the source, change it as you see fit and sell it as your own. Pretty shoddy of Acer.
"Asians were found to be working in buildings" those "jobs" have now been outsourced
I doubt it, they were making knock-off goods and were run by something of an asian mob. Probably the former bosses of the shop are making picnic tables in San Quentin.
For a company that wants to be seen as being on the leading edge they could have at least tried competing with the GS3.
HD on a 4 inch screen is like expecting Klipsch loudspeaker performance from a pair of ear buds. Now I'm not saying everyone will have the same experience, but I'm already wearing reading glasses (began at the ripe old age of 28) and am happy to be able to focus on anything within 2 feet, I'm not about to care about HD on a puny display.
I wonder if the lines outside Apple Stores will be as long in the Cook era as they were in the Jobs era. It looks like something people would be happy with.
Unfortunately, we're going to have to kick you out of this school and send you back to your impoverished village. You know, budget cuts and such.
Now, does anyone else here wish to resign from our completely voluntary short-term internship program? Does anyone else wish to not do their part for glorious China? Does anyone else wish to speak to the press?
Back to the village? More like, we'll just kick you out onto the street and you'll be persona non grata in your own country, with a permanent mark on your record kept by the party. It's not about promoting anything like communist or maxist ideals, but about China's government policy of pushing economic growth at the expense of nothing. China want's to be the big dod in the world, economically and technologically. Why go to war to conquer the world when you can just have the world completely dependent upon you?
the programs are supervised by local government authorities and teachers assigned to monitor the students' work So, I'm not sure that statement means "They are watching us so we treat students well" or "They are watching the students to make sure they don't get funny ideas". Come on, this is the same company which wanted to address the high number of suicides by hanging nets around buildings until the PR disaster struck.
Reminds me just a little of the slave shops found in Los Angeles, years back, where Asians were found to be working in buildings, chained to sewing machine stations and such. They of course had the freedom to think about leaving, but not a chance they'd get out alive.
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Probably time for people to start moving away from meat, anyway. The amount of water and acreage of agricultural production, including various uses of petroleum (gas, diesel) required to raise one pound of beef, it's a luxury we can ill afford much more than once a week.
There's also the extreme damage to lands by cattle grazing, which leads to erosion, including landslides. Time to move on from meat.
The Russians have the same capability that we would have today if we kept building and launching Apollo command and service modules on Saturn 1. If you want to see how bad things are there, look at what happened to the one remaining Buran.
Commercial spaceflight is really the only hope. And so far we have one company that appears to be capable of doing it, and a very large number of failed efforts, which I guess is what is to be expected. We're really lucky to have that one company.
The minute private interests lose people on their own ventures you'll see how interested they remain in pursuing it.
One thing to have Ronnie make a heartfelt speach, another to hear a CEO anguish over it (and how it will affect the business, what with lawsuits, etc.)
Still feeling the way forward is through NASA, but perhaps with some partnership on these things.
Twitter was nearly useless, with all the chaff and incomplete information "It's over my house! #spottheshuttle" Where is your house?!? Blah blah blah I'm standing on a roof and NASA coverage, which was replays of the previous day's flight. We finally found a USTREAM from Ames and after watching it pass out of the frame we all scampered outside to wait, as it wouldn't be long. Finally spotted it and I got a few pictures. Probably the most photographed object in the world, today.
Even go so far as to pay them. Finding these holes should be done before harm happens. Futher, Apple should review their coders who leave the gaps in and train (or sack) them.
I won roughly $200 from a lottery, and the guy who was supposed to find me used 14 days to deliver the prize. He sent an email saying that I had won those money and just to register at a site to win the prize. I thought it was an attempt to scam me for money, so I made his job very hard. It didn't help when the company in question changed its name. I wondered what on earth was going on.
AllAboutTheBaby keeps calling my mobile phone and would like my address, birthdate, bank acount, etc, for awarding me a $100 prize. Right!
Meanwhile, I hope those chocolate bars are clearly labeled or you'll see something like this: Man Sues Candy Company Over Poisoning: "Tasted Like Resistors," Says Victim
In Soviet Union, Wonka is KGB and Will find you.
Oompah Loompahs are NKVD. Smile comrad, we know where you are with your Chocotate bar!
Ha! Another chapter in great security waitasec, that's my password, too...
I remember back when some clowns in Milwaukee , the 414's, who wanted to sell their story to Hollywood for a movie, books, etcs. All they did was use default passwords on DEC systems to log in ([1,2] was SYSTEM unless you changed it on first day.) Even our Digital field techs would set the Field Service operator account password to DECAPR, DECMAY or whatever the month was.
which looks anything like Facebook, will be the subject of intense litigation.
Pretty much any future software will be.
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Why Troll Bridge? Why not another Discworld novel or short story? Perfect length? Was it the easiest to envision? Requires the least special effects? Your favorite of the Discworld stories? The only one you could secure the rights to?
I think small budgets have not done justice to any of the Discworld films I've seen so far. They're good, but nothing like they should be. I understand Pterry is wary of Hollywood doing a number on his books and has thus shied from their money and producers.
But of the Discworld films I've seen done so far, I really feel they've been hurt by working under small budgets (TV movie, rather than cinematic) Going Postal was a bit painful to watch, set in a couple of derelict old buildings with a small square between. Hope to see some better films as the books are great.
"..running Android 2.3.3"
4.1 is the latest, right? Thats your problem right there.
What ability of 4.1 is not present in 2.3.3 which is essential to a working HUD?
Let's not forget that Microsoft Research has done remarkable job at discovering and developing real life HUDs. For example back in 2004 Bill Gates himself assigned the goal of
I think you are confused with FUD research.
How would HUD even work since your eyes need to focus on elements between far and close? Would you need to focus on the HUD? Does glasses work the same way? Could some nerd with glasses explain how do you focus on things?
I don't focus on the glasses lens, I focus on whatever object I'm looking at, the light reflected from which is modified by the structure of the lens.
HUD I don't know about, but can tell you, focusing on something an inch in infront of your eye is near impossible, so whatever a HUD does it must project like the image is at a distance. Probably works great for people with good eyesight already, but us aging geeks may require some adjustment as the old eyes don't want to focus up close like they once did.
Having actually seen the movie, it much ado about nothing. Yes, it is offensive in a Monty Python sort of way. Think of the movie "Life of Brian" but done on a shoe string budget with bad acting, horrible editing, and obvious overdubbing.
Heck, that is giving too much credit to the producers and making the "Life of Brian" seem worse than it really is. Well, blessed are the cheese makers.....
You might get a kick out of the crazy people and their idea behind the film, to smoke out terrorists in southern california.
Oh, this must be that trickle down economics I hear so much about
"Hey everyone, Im rich, but I need help defending the thing you all love because I dont really wanna pay for it."
Wait, what?
Trickles down to the lawyers?
... google taking it down wouldn't help at this point.
Doesn't matter anyway, most of these protesters are taking it word of mouth from word of mouth from word of mouth. Few have likely seen it. Few even stop to consider if it even has merit (being seen to think for yourself can be hazardous to your health in some circles.)
It is unfortunate, but nothing new to Christians who have seen their faith run through the artistic expression and philosophical (to say nothing of the internet trolling) wringers. Perhaps there would be some good if it got some people to think, but see above. The people who tell these people to be angry like their control over them.
Yea, I'll wait for more wind farms to actually be build.
I know folks that build those giant wind turbines. They think they build a good product (and they do), but not a single one thinks it'll be more than a supplemental. If for nothing else... Not In My Back Yard.
There are a few wind farms within 100 miles of where I live and the newer 1.5 Megawatt jobs are usually placed in range land, where cattle or sheep are raised. There are some very ideal places, but there's some resistance due to aesthetics (you can have 1 big ugly power plant or several hectares area of wind turbines) There's also concern over hawks and other birds being whacked by the blades, but the answer there is to work on better designs.
This just establishes the fact that Google is not necessarily evil.
FTFY
Aliyun (alien?) is clearly written in code lifted from Android without Google's permission. While Android sources are available, that doesn't mean you can just take the source, change it as you see fit and sell it as your own. Pretty shoddy of Acer.
"Asians were found to be working in buildings"
those "jobs" have now been outsourced
I doubt it, they were making knock-off goods and were run by something of an asian mob. Probably the former bosses of the shop are making picnic tables in San Quentin.
For a company that wants to be seen as being on the leading edge they could have at least tried competing with the GS3.
HD on a 4 inch screen is like expecting Klipsch loudspeaker performance from a pair of ear buds. Now I'm not saying everyone will have the same experience, but I'm already wearing reading glasses (began at the ripe old age of 28) and am happy to be able to focus on anything within 2 feet, I'm not about to care about HD on a puny display.
"What's that little white blur?"
"That's the opposing team quarterback.
How long before we here of the first major defect? Antenna, battery, something else.
If Jobs did the presentation it would be amazing.
I wonder if the lines outside Apple Stores will be as long in the Cook era as they were in the Jobs era. It looks like something people would be happy with.
Unfortunately, we're going to have to kick you out of this school and send you back to your impoverished village. You know, budget cuts and such.
Now, does anyone else here wish to resign from our completely voluntary short-term internship program? Does anyone else wish to not do their part for glorious China? Does anyone else wish to speak to the press?
Back to the village? More like, we'll just kick you out onto the street and you'll be persona non grata in your own country, with a permanent mark on your record kept by the party. It's not about promoting anything like communist or maxist ideals, but about China's government policy of pushing economic growth at the expense of nothing. China want's to be the big dod in the world, economically and technologically. Why go to war to conquer the world when you can just have the world completely dependent upon you?
the programs are supervised by local government authorities and teachers assigned to monitor the students' work
So, I'm not sure that statement means "They are watching us so we treat students well" or "They are watching the students to make sure they don't get funny ideas".
Come on, this is the same company which wanted to address the high number of suicides by hanging nets around buildings until the PR disaster struck.
Reminds me just a little of the slave shops found in Los Angeles, years back, where Asians were found to be working in buildings, chained to sewing machine stations and such. They of course had the freedom to think about leaving, but not a chance they'd get out alive.
... but they will if they know what's good for them.