The US pays about twice as much as France does for academics, for example
Salaries are usually higher in US that in France, but you have less expenses in France, thanks to socialized services. Healthcare or kids' education costs much less, for instance
I do recall the day in 1998 a friend shown me a new search engine called Google. I liked the light web pages that loaded fast, but I do not recall it changed my life. Stuff was easy to find before Google, you just had to use a desktop search engine agregator. I gradually moved to Google as other search engines vanished.
We defeated DRM for years, and we would want to protect us? That is nonsense.
And legal DRM protections will not help. NSA will find a way around it, and megacorporations will rely on offshore societies subjected to different juridiction to do the dirty job.
France had a lot of revolutions and counter-revolutions between 1789 and 1871. There have been 3 dynastic kings: Charles X, Louis XVIII and Louis-Philippe, two emperors (Napoleon I and III), and three republics (1st in 1789/1792, 2nd in 1848, 3rd in 1971)
it only needs 10% of it's work force for 'essential' operations. Makes me wonder why we pay for the other 90%.
You need non essential workers because of regular vacations and sickness leaves. Moreover if you want an agency to react to unplanned events, you need extra workforce that is not essential during normal times. And I think you really want the NRC to have that capacity.
For anyone that wonders: french research agency CNRS has thousands of small research teams, which are each commonly led by a research director. A CNRS research director is like a university professor, except he/she is not in charge of any teaching.
It depends what you call economy. I assume you refer to "real" economy, and you mean that GDP is mostly based on exchanges between SMBs and individuals.
I would agree with that, but the problem is that "real" economy accounts only for 2% of financial transactions. All the profits that are injected into that circuit are removed from "real" economy. It sounds weird, but capital, who was supposed to fund the economy, has managed to become a major cost.
Acatel-Lucent did mortgage its patents to Goldman-Sachs. One need a long fork when having diner with the devil, and I am not sure their is long enough.
That is true for SMB, and that was true for megacorporations in the last centuries. Now when transnational companies make profits, the money never goes back to the real economy because there is not enough demand: who want to invest when the new products and services will not have customers? Instead, money goes to speculation, inflate bubbles, and when bubble burst, that wrecks the economy even further.
There is a difference between US and Russia surveillance: contrarily to the former, the later never claimed to be the land of freedom. Russians are slowly leaning to democracy, but it is not surprising the journey is long, if you considered they only had the Czar and the communist regime before.
An Amazon Kindle emitted less than 30 microvolts per meter when in use. That is only 0.00003 of a volt. A Boeing 747 must withstand 200 volts per square meter. That is millions of Kindles packed into each square meter of the plane
This assume the radiations of each device adds up, which is not likely to be the case. Unless their emission is specifically engineered, electromagnetism waves from different devices cancel each other in destructive interference patterns.
People hosting openPDS at home would always know when entities like the NSA request their data, because the law requires a warrant to access data stored in a private home.
They disregard the constitution and you want them to respect the law? Indeed the government will not physically get into your house without a warrant, but we know they have no problem remotely hacking your computer.
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The US pays about twice as much as France does for academics, for example
Salaries are usually higher in US that in France, but you have less expenses in France, thanks to socialized services. Healthcare or kids' education costs much less, for instance
My bike has no serial. How can it get into that scheme?
Police is a for-profit organization in your country? That looks like a recipe for disaster.
I made the exact same error, and firmly believed it was australia-related. Only the .gov web site made me re-read and realize the confusion.
I do recall the day in 1998 a friend shown me a new search engine called Google. I liked the light web pages that loaded fast, but I do not recall it changed my life. Stuff was easy to find before Google, you just had to use a desktop search engine agregator. I gradually moved to Google as other search engines vanished.
Why is it called a decathlon? The name suggests 10 athletic contests, how is it related?
Please someone mod this up.
We defeated DRM for years, and we would want to protect us? That is nonsense.
And legal DRM protections will not help. NSA will find a way around it, and megacorporations will rely on offshore societies subjected to different juridiction to do the dirty job.
You can be biased and still do good journalism.
If you are aware of your bias and tell your reader, you are an excellent journalist.
If you are aware of your bias and do not tell about them, you are a propagandist
If you are unaware of your bias, you are a terrible journalist
If you do not have bias, you are not a human person
French newspaper Le Monde Diplomatique (also known as the "diplo"). International editions are available, including english edition.
and three republics (1st in 1789/1792, 2nd in 1848, 3rd in 1971)
I meant 1871 for 3rd republic (I count it as unstable during 1870)
France had a lot of revolutions and counter-revolutions between 1789 and 1871. There have been 3 dynastic kings: Charles X, Louis XVIII and Louis-Philippe, two emperors (Napoleon I and III), and three republics (1st in 1789/1792, 2nd in 1848, 3rd in 1971)
Just print it! USD is the reserve money, everyone in the world want some, and never ask to be refunded.
it only needs 10% of it's work force for 'essential' operations. Makes me wonder why we pay for the other 90%.
You need non essential workers because of regular vacations and sickness leaves. Moreover if you want an agency to react to unplanned events, you need extra workforce that is not essential during normal times. And I think you really want the NRC to have that capacity.
For anyone that wonders: french research agency CNRS has thousands of small research teams, which are each commonly led by a research director. A CNRS research director is like a university professor, except he/she is not in charge of any teaching.
It is difficult to understand why TEPCO is still in charge. Their record for managing this mess is not appealing.
It depends what you call economy. I assume you refer to "real" economy, and you mean that GDP is mostly based on exchanges between SMBs and individuals.
I would agree with that, but the problem is that "real" economy accounts only for 2% of financial transactions. All the profits that are injected into that circuit are removed from "real" economy. It sounds weird, but capital, who was supposed to fund the economy, has managed to become a major cost.
Acatel-Lucent did mortgage its patents to Goldman-Sachs. One need a long fork when having diner with the devil, and I am not sure their is long enough.
This will end up at WTO. If US wants to stand it, South Corea will win the right ignore US copyright, or some other cute advantage.
TFS says:
profit-making is at the heart of our economy
That is true for SMB, and that was true for megacorporations in the last centuries. Now when transnational companies make profits, the money never goes back to the real economy because there is not enough demand: who want to invest when the new products and services will not have customers? Instead, money goes to speculation, inflate bubbles, and when bubble burst, that wrecks the economy even further.
There is a difference between US and Russia surveillance: contrarily to the former, the later never claimed to be the land of freedom. Russians are slowly leaning to democracy, but it is not surprising the journey is long, if you considered they only had the Czar and the communist regime before.
From TFS
An Amazon Kindle emitted less than 30 microvolts per meter when in use. That is only 0.00003 of a volt. A Boeing 747 must withstand 200 volts per square meter. That is millions of Kindles packed into each square meter of the plane
This assume the radiations of each device adds up, which is not likely to be the case. Unless their emission is specifically engineered, electromagnetism waves from different devices cancel each other in destructive interference patterns.
Mmmm... you suggest USA's democracy is even more rotten that what I thought.
I moderated you down by mistake, now posting to undo moderation.
From TFA:
People hosting openPDS at home would always know when entities like the NSA request their data, because the law requires a warrant to access data stored in a private home.
They disregard the constitution and you want them to respect the law? Indeed the government will not physically get into your house without a warrant, but we know they have no problem remotely hacking your computer.